The cable car ride in Llandudno is the longest of it's kind in the UK. The cars run between the…read moreHappy Valley at the base of the Great Orme and the Summit Complex at the top of the Orme, a distance of about a mile. This is without a doubt the best way to take in the scenery and views of Llandudno and the surrounding areas, passing over the ski slope, copper mines and tramway and offering views over the town and out to sea. You will need a head for heights although the ride was taken over by a new owner a couple of years had has been overhauled since so it should be safe. In fact it was closed down for quite a long time to allow this to happen and only recently re-opened for business. If you come to Llandudno in the summer this is a must do.

I fully agree with Andy's summing up - in the summer, this is a must! It seems like a very…read moreexpensive way to get up the Orme, but is actually a great, long ride with amazing views all around the area. Once at the top, however (unless it's changed recently) there is not a lot to keep children occupied. The enormous bar/cafe is reasonable, but limited and there isn't a lot more around on the top of a (semi)mountain.

This little hub has a mere four bus stops, and connects the little Wirral village of Heswall to the…read morerest of the wide world. It's adorable, and conveniently located on Telegraph Road which is lined with shops, cafes, restaurants, and more. Take a right out of the station and walk up just a little way and you will come to a Costa, a pizza place, and a small book shop, Linghams (which also has a café inside!) Who could ask for anything more? Or, if you want the library, take a left and walk down. The fire station is also there in case you start a fire on the way (ha ha), and the police station only a little further down beyond those.

This is a cute little bus depot, with just four stops connecting the folks of Heswall with the rest…read moreof the Wirral Peninsula. You can get as far as Chester as you depart from to the left of this station, and as far as Liverpool if you depart from the right. The buses are frequent and clean, and the drivers.. Well they're miserable, like all bus drivers! There is a great little cafe connected to the bus station called Gill's Cafe, it's cheap, great quality and incredibly friendly. Aside from the cafe, there's a charity shop and a pub. So if you miss the bus you can go and buy a tatty old book a then go for a pint to peruse your newfound novella! The station is very safe as it's in a big open space in the centre of Heswall, just five minutes away from the local police station! It's one of the best kept stations that I've seen on the Wirral!

There can hardly be a more beautiful setting to chug through on a steam train, taking in the views…read moreof the river, the hills, the castle above. Staffed by passionate enthusiasts, the station is a lovely trip down memory lane, the trains immaculate, the station cafe pleasant and reasonable. Imaginative use of the trains for special events and weekends mean that Llangollen is often full of flag waving, beaming children, heading for the Thomas the Tank trains, or mysterious adults, lurking their way towards the Murder Mystery locomotive. The railway is one of the biggest draws to this town with so many other great attractions.

We noticed, on the net, a tramway in Llandudno and decided to take a trip on the Great Orme Tramway…read moreas it was a very warm, sunny, day. So dressed in shorts and t-shirt off we went for a trip along the prom. Now we must be 'thick' but not knowing the area we assumed that Great Orme was a district of Llandudno not the hill. Stepping on the cable-hauled tram we ascended the Great Orme. Halfway up, the tram reached the mid stage and we changed trams. At the top the wind was extremely blowy and cold. We were freezing but had to laugh. Thank goodness for the cafe at the top. Would we go again, most certainly. But, next time, we will take coats LOL

This is a great way to climb Great Orme. The very steep first section through upper Llandudno is…read moreamazing with fabulous views. Really like the idea that you can get on and off at the half-way station, go for a walk, the go the rest of the way. The visitor centre at half-way station is extremely good and very informative. Budding engineers will love the clear views of the workings. Cafe/centre at the top is a disappointment. This has the appearance of a motorway service station with similar choice and quality of food and drink. Take a flask and enjoy the view instead!

Birkenhead Bus Station is actually one of the best things about Birkenhead! For a start, it gets…read moreyou out of there as soon as you like, secondly it's nice to look at as it's a huge glass frame, thirdly it's warm, and finally it's secure so you won't get mugged here. I remember when it first got built and people would marvel at its sheer beauty.. Well that's a lie, people would just bicker and sigh that their buses were late, much as they still do today. But it's a great sheltered space with bus routes leading over to Liverpool and all over the Wirral as far as New Brighton, Heswall and West Kirby. They have two help desks in case you're not too sure what bus to take, or you need a bus pass or a TRIO or Saveaway. They also have a machine that vends cans of pop, and one with hot drinks. What more could you want?

It's not too bad as bus stations go. But all the announcements are proceeded with a very loud…read moredoorbell. Incredibly cheap and quite a shock if you're not deaf. Spend any length of time waiting there and you will end up with post traumatic stress. It's actually quite close to Conway Park station. However for buses; considering it's the nearly the last stop before Liverpool there's actually a large gap between Liverpool buses if you don't have the right ticket. Merseytravel couldn't even sort out a shared ticket arrangement whilst the rail tunnel is closed. It really should do better in terms of providing a shuttle link between Birkenhead and Liverpool.. considering this link is completely covered by a Merseytravel Monopoly (Tolls, ferries, buses, train .. all ultimately accountable and paid to Merseytravel). There's no cycle way in the Birkenhead tunnel's lower deck for example. It terms of some buses it's built in the wrong place... most notably peak time 471,472 bypass the bus station and go straight to Liverpool. The ding-dong doorbell announcements say it all ... an expensive project .. but couldn't be bothered going the extra mile.

This is a 50's bus station there are toilets ssignposted at this location and shown on the bus…read morestation map. However on our visit today they were locked and all the signs had been removed Not very good if they want to atract tourist trade - does not deserve the one star I had to give !!!

This bus station is a shambless I visit cleveleys quite a lot and its choas there are buses coaches…read moreyou are even allowed to park on there leagally, someone will be killed on there one day

On one level the service provider is good. It works. The staff on dockside are friendly, helpful…read moreand darn decent folks. What bothers me and niggles at me are a few things. First and historically I remember still how almost all of the Irish workforce were shafted by the CEO who enriched himself and shareholders doing so. He remains at the helm near 18 years later but it's really not Irish Ferries, it's a ferry service that calls into Ireland and Wales. It's not registered in Ireland nor Wales for that matter. Its image is Irish. It flies the Irish flag but if it flew the flag of the majority of the workers who staff it then the flag would be the Lithuanian or Polish flag. This brings me to the next niggle. There's no cead mile failte aboard. The staff reflect many low paid disposable workers with little employment benefits, they are perfunctory not friendly and I don't blame them one bit. They have as much loyalty to the CEO as he has to them. None. It shows too, understandably so when he pays himself €3 million a year and owns shares valued at €143 million. The food offered aboard is over priced and poor. The coffee and tea are grim; there's no proper espresso machines aboard just push a button contraptions. They even charge for WiFi unlike Stena. You get 20 minutes for free then you are nickel and dimed. We all know too that we are being fleeced as it's one of the most expensive stretches of water on earth to sail on mile for mile so at least the CEO only shafted the loyal Irish workers once but he shafts loyal customers every day.

Want a raging high?!!!! As in high sea, raging waters?!…read more Dublin Swift Fast Ferry from Holyhead, Wales to Dublin, IE. My s.o. at the time, from Anglesey, and my cousins, studying at Trinity... perfect reasons to visit with his fam, and to see my Chinese Irish cousins ... and what a perfect way to do so too. I've been on the those honking ferries before... Hong Kong, Seattle to Bainbridge....but this beauty kicked up the class, the clean, the speed, the everything for me. In under 2 hours, we sailed across the Irish sea in complete style, comfort, and luxury. I highly recommend this mode of transportation, where one can eat, shop, relax in complete spaciousness. The tables resemble restaurant ones, so spread your stuff out.... and relax with a cold drink! B&B'ing it the night before, the way to go if early AM departure. But not a lot of options out there, so take care!

Stagecoach Bus Merseyside is arguably the largest bus operator in the Merseyside region which…read moreincludes Lancashire, Cheshire, North Wales, Wirral - some bus routes even go between these boroughs including the X2 which connects Liverpool to Preston, via Southport, at 2 hours and 16 minutes this is one of the largest bus journeys's I've come across, this, by comparison, is about the same length of time as a train into London and enough to get the train from Liverpool to Preston and back, with time to spare via Transpennine Express or even the slow Northern train! It amazes me how Stagecoach Bus in Merseyside hasn't been reviewed since July 2010, which is nearly ten whole years. In that time, so much has changed and it seems Stagecoach have got worse, perhaps that is through the complacency of being ahead in the region for too long with little competition. Due to how big Stagecoach is, if you're planning to use public transport around Liverpool you're pretty much going to have to use either Merseyrail or this. They do run train services to Anfield on a match-day, however because of traffic around the ground and the fact the bus has a further route to go after the stadium, they are forced to divert however despite having signs around Queens Square Bus Station and telling the bus driver where I was going, no one told me about the diversion and even other match-goers on the bus didn't seem to know, this was after a long wait for the bus which seemed to suffer delays as well to make it even worse (luckily I didn't miss kick-off!) Buses are typical Stagecoach across the UK, not too modern in most regards. Despite the growth of Arriva in Liverpool, Stagecoach are still the main players and it really does seem that from service, time-keeping and overall condition of buses they are taking that too granted, yet still anything beats First Manchester which caused me trouble for a great number of years closer to home and I do think they make their routes a little clearer than other operators, even if they don't factor diversions into it. 2*

Since my last review, I now have a negative comment about Stagecoach much to my annoyance and shall…read moretherefore drop not 1 but 2 stars in its rating. More recently if you take the 21 route or any other Stagecoach bus that travels along London Road, the driver tends to change driver which could sometimes mean a 10 minute wait which is obviously not good if you're in a hurry to get somewhere. If you're lucky, the switch of driver will take place instantly but on one occasion, I had to wait nearly 15 minutes with other disgruntled passengers because the driver did not turn up, so I had to watch the original driver take a cigarette break whilst I was waiting to get to work on time but ended up late all because of poor service and an arrogant driver who did not even apologise to anybody. Other fed up passengers actually got off and waited for another bus and when that occurred, the driver immediately got back on and started driving; I not only felt sorry for those passengers but thought this was rude and felt as though he was playing games. I requested if he could let me off at the traffic lights as I was already late for work but he simply replied "no" with no apology and without realising that he kept everyone waiting longer than expected. I applaud the group of girls who pressed the stop button several times as they got off. It was obvious that most people were annoyed by the driver's actions. Even though it may not be entirely the driver's fault, Stagecoach should sort out their poor timing when switching drivers (very much unlike them); this took me by surprise. I aim to lodge a formal complaint if this happens more than once and I will suggest others also do so if they experience the same.