The Facts
Browse the many things there are to be POSH about under each of the different categories.
The Sankey Viaduct
As the place where the first viaduct on the world’s first passenger railway line crossed the country’s first industrial canal, the Grade 1 listed Sankey Viaduct constructed by George Stephenson is a uniquely historic location in terms o...read more...
"Saints in Sutton" - the Shrine of St.Anne & Blessed Dominic
The church of St.Anne and Blessed Dominic in Sutton is one of very few churches anywhere in the world to have its patron saint buried in the church itself, while its shrine also houses two other "holy" people associated with the history of ...read more...
The Titanic
The Titanic's bell as well as her 900 portholes were crafted by the firm of Utley's at St.Helens....
The Friends Meeting House
The stone-built Grade II listed Friends Meeting House dates from 1679, making it the oldest surviving structure in St.Helens town centre....
The Sankey Canal
The Sankey Navigation opened in 1757 was England’s first industrial canal....
St.Mary's Bell Tower
The carillion of the Grade II listed St.Mary’s Lowe House Church houses 47 bells and is the largest in northwest England....
60 years of partnership with Stuttgart, Germany
St.Helens' twinning agreement with leading European city Stuttgart in 1948 made us one of the first places in the UK to twin with a German town/city in the aftermath of World War II.
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Industrialist Thomas Beecham
Thomas Beecham (1820-1907) opened the world's first factory for producing medicines in 1859 in St.Helens. ...
The Rainhill Trials
Rainhill in St.Helens was the site of the famous railway trials held in 1829, which, won by Stephenson’s Rocket locomotive, heralded the advent of the age of speed in modern passenger travel....
Ravenhead Glass Works
The great casting hall of the Ravenhead Glass Works, erected in 1773, was the biggest industrial building in the country at the time, measuring 113 yards long by 50 yards wide....
The North West Museum of Road Transport
The new North West Museum of Road transport houses one of the most significant collections of vintage buses and coaches in the country, accounting for more than 10% of the nation’s entire surviving stock of these vintage vehicles....
Local Charity is 80 Years Young!
St.Helens & District Society for Deaf People (now based at the Deafness Resource Cenre in Dentons Green Lane) celebrates 80 years of work in 2008 - one of the oldest charities in England working with deaf people!...
Ravenhead Bricks
The Ravenhead brick and tile company made millions of bricks, many of which were used to construct the Albert Dock in Liverpool....
Pioneering Photographer John Draper
John William Draper (1811- 1882 ), renowned for taking the world's first human portrait by light and the first successful photograph of the moon, lived for a short time in Market Street....
Politician Richard Seddon
Richard Seddon (1845-1906), New Zealand’s longest serving Prime Minister and regarded by some as one of the country’s most influential leaders, was originally from St.Helens....
The Vulcan Locomotive Works
The Vulcan Foundry was established at Newton-le-Willows in 1830 by Robert Stephenson in collaboration with Charles Tayleur, a Liverpool merchant and engineer. Locomotives manufactured here were used to open the first public railway in both...read more...
