The first lighthouse to be automated in Britain

Possibly the oldest working station in Britain, this station on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway was opened in 1836. It is listed Grade II*.

Warehouse of the Edinburgh & Dalkeith Railway 'Innocent' line, opened 1831.
The city's first railway, built to carry coal and agricultural goods. Horse and rope hauled until 1846. Closed 1968

Scotland's first inter-city line runs the forty-seven and three-quarter miles from Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High to Glasgow Queen Street. Absorbed by the North British Railway in 1865.

Early RFC aerodrome, RAF Turnhouse, historically Britain's most northerly air defence base.

Britain's longest aqueduct

Ellesmere Canal is the name of the area were the canal joins the river Mersey; by the mid-1790s it was known as Ellesmere Port. Docks and warehouses were built to facilitate this.

Between 1830 and the 1840s facilities were improved by the engineer Thomas Telford and others. In 1846 the Ellesmere Canal was amalgamated with the Shropshire Union Canal. In 1892 a new wharf was built to handle traffic on the Manchester Ship Canal.

In 1921 the docks were leased to the Manchester Ship Canal, and this led to the decline of Ellesmere Port.

The site is now the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port (formerly known as the Boat Museum).

In 2007, as part of a revival of some industries, ports and shipbuilding in Britain, Ellesmere Port docks were re-opened.

At this former royal residence, the Great Hall and the bridge over the moat are the main survivals from the 15th century.