A new River Mersey walking route in Stockport has opened, giving residents across the borough and Greater Manchester more ways to explore nature.

The International Mersey River Festival is well underway, showcasing a huge array of nautical events as well as its biggest ever main stage music line-up yet. The weekend of free music kicks off on ...

The special experiences are available to book on the Mersey Ferries website ...

Mersey Valley Way will be a 13-mile path between Stockport and Manchester. A new river walk will be created along the River Mersey, the first of nine such paths promised by the Government. The ...

Huge volumes of toxic and cancer-causing forever chemicals are flowing into the River Mersey in north-west England. With a busy, industrialised skyline and both Manchester and Liverpool nearby, it’s ...

A man had a go at fishing in the River Mersey and ended up with a shark in his hands with proper teeth. One of our own, Liverpool Echo reporter Jamie Greer, boarded on the Mersey River towards ...

A "much-loved" ferry that has crossed the River Mersey for 67 years is being decommissioned. Mersey Ferries confirmed The Royal Iris of the Mersey is to be replaced by the new £26m Royal Daffodil ...

Liverpool has declared a climate emergency. The mayors of both the city itself and the surrounding “city region” have recognised the emergency, and both have suggested that a tidal barrage on the ...

A mayor has announced a new partnership to make rivers in Merseyside cleaner. Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotheram, has announced an agreement with United Utilities and the Mersey Rivers ...

Three police officers are set to be honoured for heroically saving the life of a woman who entered a freezing river in Warrington.

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