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A T-Rex, a Roman wall, a giant turbine ship and a quayside full of bridges, none of which charge for entry.

The Royal Armouries alone justifies the trip, and it costs nothing to get in. Leeds has a surprising amount of free family stuff.

Every one of Liverpool's national museums is free, and they are clustered close enough together that you can do two or three in a day.

Manchester has more free museums than you can do in a day, and the best ones are the sort that let children push buttons and pull levers.

Buy attraction and theme park tickets before you travel: guaranteed entry, no booking fees, and UK-exclusive ticket types you cannot buy at the gate.

The beach starts about two minutes from the station, which is the shortest walk from platform to sand on the network.

A free museum, gallery and library in one modern building, plus lakes and parks within walking distance of the station.

Two free museums, a Victorian park with a boating lake, and a transporter bridge that carries cars across the Tees in a gondola.

The town where the passenger railway began, with a big Victorian park and cheap entry to a museum built around Locomotion No. 1.

A World Heritage cathedral that costs nothing to enter, a river loop to walk and a castle on the hill above it.