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Anfield, Goodison Park and Aintree
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Liverpool's most popular recreational activity, bar none, is
football
. Liverpool football club plays at
Anfield
(ticket office tel 0151/260 8680,
) in front of some of the nation's most loyal supporters. There's a popular tour around the well-stocked museum, trophy room and dressing rooms (daily 10am-5pm; museum and tour A?8.50, museum only A?5; booking essential; tel 0151/260 6677). Everton, the city's less glamorous and recently far less successful side, commands equally intense devotion at
Goodison Park
(ticket office tel 0151/330 2300; tours Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun 11am & 2pm; A?5.50; booking advised;
). The first Saturday in April is
Grand National Day
at
Aintree
- the "World's Greatest Steeplechase". The race is the culmination of a meeting that starts on the previous Thursday, with prices for entry into the grounds ranging from A?7 to A?65. Catch the Merseyrail to Aintree and buy a ticket on the gate or book on 0151/522 2929. A Visitor Centre (tel 0151/522 2921,
) lets you ride the National on a race simulator as part of a race course tour (A?7). Other useful information
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