TO celebrate the recent reopening of Wirral's Loop Line after six-months of track renewal, we take a look at what's on offer across the region this summer.

Regular services from Wirral are now running through to Liverpool as normal, meaning you can spend, hopefully sunny, days and nights rediscovering the city.

The Globe has also teamed up with Merseyrail to give away five family rail tickets. Each one is for a group of one or two adults travelling with children aged 5-15.

More about the competition later.

First, here are some tourist attractions in Liverpool and Wirral to get you started ...

International Beatles Week (August 23-29):

Live music is the focus of this truly international event with 70 bands from more 20 countries.

There are three stages at The Cavern Club, in Mathew Street, all day, every day (with a different band on every hour). The festival also goes out into the city to various venues so you can get a real feel of Liverpool.

This year, Beatleweek will be at the Royal Court, Alma De Cuba, St. George’s Hall and it’s back to the Adelphi Hotel for late night parties and the Annual Beatles convention.

Folk Festival On The Dock (August 26-28):

The Albert Dock's Folk Festival on the Dock began in 2016, presented by the BBC's Janice Long.

The event welcomed more than 100 folk, roots and sea shanty acts making almost 450 performers.

With last year's inaugural event being so successful, the FREE event is back over August Bank Holiday weekend to celebrate Liverpool's rich musical heritage

Clipper Round The World Yacht Race, (August 20):

The biggest round-the-world ocean race is to return to Liverpool with the start and finish of this unique global challenge moving from the capital back to the River Mersey, 10 years since it last came.

The 2017-18 edition of the famous Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will set sail from Albert Dock, returning approximately 11 months later in Summer 2018.

The 40,000-nautical mile Clipper 2017-18 Race will mark the fourth-time Liverpool has hosted the Clipper Race in its eleven editions, making the city the event’s most frequented start and finish port ever.

Pier Head Village summer festival on Liverpool’s iconic waterfront (until September 10):

It includes three of Europe’s tallest and most thrilling adrenaline rides, an inflatable village for the little ones, live acoustic music at the Sound City bar, a beach club and artisan & farmers' market.

It is open seven days a week from 11am-11pm.

The Mermaid Trail, New Brighton The Mermaid Trail takes its inspiration from 'The Black Rock Mermaid', said to have appeared to a local sailor in New Brighton in the 18th century.

The Mermaid Trail is a set of six identical Mermaid statues situated in key locations across New Brighton.

They have each been individually decorated, four of them by local schools, one by a community group and one by the local artist who designed and sculpted the statues, Barry Canning-Eaton.

Birkenhead Park

Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and opened in April 1847, Birkenhead Park was the first publicly funded park in the world.

Birkenhead Park has influenced the design of urban parks across the World, and was the inspiration for the most famous urban park in the world – Central Park, New York.

Today, Birkenhead Park is a Grade I listed historic landscape and conservation area, with many Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings and structures. It is recognised as a site of excellence by Green Flag and holds the prestigious Green Heritage Award.

To enter the competition, answer this question: 

Birkenhead Park was the inspiration for which other world-famous tourist attraction.

Email your answer, along with contact details to craig.manning@nqnw.co.uk

The deadline is 5pm on Thursday. 

The five winners of family travel tickets will be notified on Friday. Good luck.