Hello, I'm Nicola Watkinson (NW), a qualified tourist guide for the Liverpool City Region / Chester - areas which cover much of north west (NW) England!

Joined December 2025
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Live street art in New Brighton now with the legend Leon. Today we start the unsung heroes of Merseyside.
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Meet Skalli – part fish, part human. Patric Rogers won the 2026 Liverpool Sculpture Prize with Skalli - which will sit on a plinth outside Our Lady and St Nicholas for 12 months. The Liverpool born and Wirral based artist, asks “Skalli is a myth, a folklore but is it real?”
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I recently celebrated my “Beatles birthday” AKA “When I’m Sixty Four” with a touristy stay in Liverpool! Stayed at the Beatles themed “Hard Day’s Night Hotel” and enjoyed the Cavern Club. Ate at Permit Room - a nod to the Beatles stay in India in 1968 #TouristGuide
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Yes, some wonderful events. Sign up if you can! #FestivalOfIdeas #Chester
Don't forget to sign up for events at #ChesterIdeas! Browse festivalofideas.chester.ac.u…. Hear the latest ideas on the #Rows; see festivalofideas.chester.ac.u…
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Chester Heritage Festival 2026 is a wrap. Thank you to everyone who came along, you're the reason we do this. We're a volunteer-run CIC and your feedback genuinely shapes what we do next 👉 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2wjP… @VisitChester @ShitChester
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May is Local & Community History Month. As a qualified tourist guide I interpret history and bring heritage to life. I will be the @ChesterTour guide on 16 May at 10.30am / 2pm & 22 May at 2pm. Book online at The Chester Tour or join me by the red pillar box, Chester Town Hall
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Paul McCartney’s cousins Kate & Jane Robbins came 3rd as part of Prima Donna in 1980; Wallasey born Jenny Frost represented the UK as part of girl group Precious in 1999 and not forgetting Jemini… 2/2
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Welcome to Eurovision Week – the grand final of the #EurovisionSongContest takes place in Vienna on Saturday. Liverpool proudly hosted the contest in 2023 & several UK competitors have come from our region 1/2
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First cruise ship tour today - Chester and its Roman Walls - for some lovely passengers from Nieuw Statendam #Liverpool #Chester #NieuwStatendam #HollandAndAmericaLine
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The River Dee is one of the UK's most iconic waterways, and the Dee Trust is coming to Chester Heritage Festival to tell you what's being done to protect it 🌊 28 May | Chester Picturehouse | 7pm Book today 👉 buff.ly/l4sCKxj @thedeetrust @ShitChester @VisitChester
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📢 Tickets now available for Pavementology Storywalk! 👣🎵 Join veteran street performer, Dave Southern, around the City on a ‘Storywalk’ and discover the hidden history, culture, and craft of Chester’s street performers. 🎟️ Secure your place today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pavemento…
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May is National Walking Month 2026 - why not join me on a Chester Tour walking tour? I am the @ChesterTour guide on 4 May at 10.30am; 16 May at 10.30am / 2pm & 22 May at 2pm. Book online via The Chester Tour or join me by the red pillar box outside the Town Hall
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A beautiful photograph of my favourite place in Chester!
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Great news for Liverpool!
#News | @cunardline has announced a landmark moment when all four Cunard ships will come together in #Liverpool for the first time 🛳 On 16 May 2028, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Anne will unite on the River Mersey, in what promises to be one of the most memorable occasions in Cunard’s modern history. The event will mark the first time the full fleet of four has ever assembled, and it will do so in Liverpool, Cunard’s spiritual home. Find out more ➡ cultureliverpool.co.uk/news/… @VisitLiverpool
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Although I visit Chester's many independent coffee shops I couldn't resist a visit today - for tour guide research - to EL&N at Hbeauty, Chester. Delicious pistachio and rose cake with coffee #Chester #Coffee #Cake
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Happy Record Store day!
Record Store Day 2026 Up North Records @ShitChester the 1st person in the queue was here at 10pm Friday ! @colinphoenix @gordonw78214615 @JayneMoobs
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Come and say hello - some of our lovely Green and Blue Badge Tourist Guides will be there helping out! @BBGuides @TouristGuiding @ShitChester – at Chester, England
Step inside two of Chester’s historic towers this weekend 🏰 🗓 Saturday 4 April King Charles’ Tower | 11:00–13:00 Bonewaldesthorne’s Tower | 11:15–13:15 🗓 Sunday 5 April King Charles’ Tower | 11:00–15:00 Bonewaldesthorne’s Tower | 11:15–15:15 Come along and discover more!
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Happy #CheshireDay - in 1300 King Edward I granted the county its Charter of Liberties - in effect its own Magna Carta. Let’s celebrate the county’s special day with a photograph of a Cheshire cat! Hear more Cheshire facts on a Chester Tour walking tour - chestertours.org.uk/
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There was an amazing collection of classic cars on Ainsdale Beach in Southport today at at the centenary of Sir Henry Segrave breaking the world land speed record here in 1926 #StandUpForSouthport #southport #worldrecord #motorracing
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