Great British Railway Journeys
Season 5 Episode 2 - Southport to Leyland
7.4 ?
2010
Documentary
Michael Portillo continues his journey through the North West of England. He begins in the elegant Lancashire resort of Southport, where the railways brought thousands of visitors to enjoy the pier and all the fun of the fair. Michael discovers Victorian entrepreneurship in Wigan, traces the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution in Bolton and drives a hundred-year-old commercial vehicle in Leyland.
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1
Manchester to Birkenhead
30 min
2
Southport to Leyland
30 min
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3
Preston to Rochdale
30 min
4
Haworth to Huddersfield
30 min
5
Honley to Chesterfield
30 min
6
London Euston to Cheddington
30 min
7
Bletchley to Newport Pagnell
30 min
8
Northampton to Nuneaton
30 min
9
Leicester to Loughborough
30 min
10
Nottingham to Leeds
30 min
11
Southampton to Basingstoke
30 min
12
Winchfield to Crowthorne
30 min
13
Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon
30 min
14
Chippenham to Gloucester
30 min
15
Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
30 min
16
Norwich to Brandon
30 min
17
Ipswich to Chelmsford
30 min
18
Ilford to Rochester
30 min
19
Faversham to Dorking
30 min
20
Brighton to Chichester
30 min