More about Liverpool for travellers and visitors

Liverpool, Merseyside is in the North East of England, UK.

Liverpool was and still is a major port on the Irish Sea.

During the 60s Liverpool became a major cultural centre with the Beatles leading the Mersey Beat.

The Liverpool Soccer side seemed unstoppable in most of the 60s,70s and 80s and is still considered by many to be the biggest club side in the world.

More recently Liverpool has been awarded European City of Culture status.

Out and about in and around Liverpool

Liverpools rich heritage is shown in a wide range of Museums in the City.

You can visit Museums about Liverpools Maritime History, the Beatles and Art Galleries.

You can take a Ferry Trip accross the Mersey or go through the Mersey Tunnel.

Visitors should appreciate the vast docks that for so many people in the past would have been there last glimpse of England before venturing out for a new life in the Americas.

A short car journey away takes you to the City of Manchester, Further up the coast takes you to the Coastal resort, popular with Liverpudlians, of Blackpool.