Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 7.6 km
Ascend 171 m
Descend 126 m

Explore Liverpool in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in LiverpoolIndividual Sights in Liverpool

Sight 1: Tate Liverpool

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Tate Liverpool is an art gallery and museum in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and part of Tate, along with Tate St Ives, Cornwall, Tate Britain, London, and Tate Modern, London. The museum was an initiative of the Merseyside Development Corporation. Tate Liverpool was created to display work from the Tate Collection which comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and international modern art. The gallery also has a programme of temporary exhibitions. Until 2003, Tate Liverpool was the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in the UK outside London.

Wikipedia: Tate Liverpool (EN)

316 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: The Beatles Story

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The Beatles Story is a museum in Liverpool about the Beatles and their history. It is located on the historical Royal Albert Dock, and is owned by Mersey Ferries, part of Merseytravel. The Beatles Story contains recreations of The Casbah Coffee Club, The Cavern Club and Abbey Road Studios among other historical Beatles items, such as John Lennon's spectacles, George Harrison's first guitar and a detailed history about the British Invasion and the solo careers of every Beatle. The museum was also recognised as one of the best tourist attractions of the United Kingdom in 2015. The exhibition was preceded by the Cavern Mecca (1981-1984) and Beatles City (1984-1986).

Wikipedia: The Beatles Story (EN), Website, Opening Hours

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: M&S Bank Arena

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Liverpool Arena, known for sponsorship reasons as the M&S Bank Arena and previously the Echo Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The venue hosts live music, comedy performances and sporting events, and forms part of Liverpool event campus ACC Liverpool – an interconnected arena, exhibition and convention centre. The venue serves a regional population of 2.5 million people and over 6.6 million across England's North West.

Wikipedia: Liverpool Arena (EN)

967 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 4: Chavasse Park

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Chavasse Park is an open space in the city centre of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. It was named in commemoration of the Chavasse family; Francis and his twin sons Christopher Maude Chavasse, and Noel Godfrey Chavasse.

Wikipedia: Chavasse Park (EN)

485 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Liverpool Beatles Museum

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Liverpool Beatles MuseumRodhullandemu / Attribution

Liverpool Beatles Museum, formerly known as Magical Beatles Museum, is a museum dedicated to the Beatles located in 23 Mathew Street, Liverpool.

Wikipedia: Liverpool Beatles Museum (EN)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Eleanor Rigby statue

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Eleanor Rigby is a statue in Stanley Street, Liverpool, England, designed and made by the entertainer Tommy Steele. It is based on the subject of the Beatles' 1966 song "Eleanor Rigby", which is credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership.

Wikipedia: Eleanor Rigby (statue) (EN)

625 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: St John's Gardens

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St John's Gardens may refer to the following:St John's Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, formerly part of the graveyard of St John's church St John's Gardens, Liverpool, England, a public space in the city centre St John's Gardens, Manchester, England, formerly the site of St John's church and graveyard St John's Gardens, part of the church of St John Clerkenwell, London

Wikipedia: St John's Gardens (EN)

331 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Radisson RED

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The Radisson RED Liverpool Hotel is a historic building in Liverpool, England. It is located on the east side of Lime Street, fronting Lime Street railway station. Opened in 1871 as the North Western Hotel, it more recently served as office space and student accommodation. It was restored to a hotel from 2018 to 2022. The building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Wikipedia: North Western Hotel, Liverpool (EN), Heritage Website

941 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 9: The Department

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The Lewis's Building is a 20th-century Grade II listed building located in Liverpool, England. Purpose-built as the flagship store for the now defunct Lewis's department store chain, the building is set to be redeveloped as part of redevelopment project Central Village.

Wikipedia: Lewis's Building (EN), Heritage Website

1034 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 10: The Oratory

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The Oratory

The Oratory stands to the north of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral in Merseyside, England. It was originally the mortuary chapel to St James Cemetery, and houses a collection of 19th-century sculpture and important funeral monuments as part of the Walker Art Gallery. It is a Grade I listed building in the National Heritage List for England.

Wikipedia: The Oratory, Liverpool (EN), Heritage Website

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Liverpool Cathedral

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Liverpool Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Liverpool, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Liverpool and is the mother church of the diocese of Liverpool. The church may be formally referred to as the Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool the Cathedral Church of the Risen Christ, Liverpool. It is the largest cathedral and religious building in Britain, and the eighth largest church in the world.

Wikipedia: Liverpool Cathedral (EN), Website, Heritage Website

633 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: The Unity Theatre

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The Unity Theatre is a theatre in Liverpool, England.

Wikipedia: Unity Theatre, Liverpool (EN)

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: St Philip Neri

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St Philip Neri Church Liverpool is home to the Roman Catholic chaplaincy to the universities in Liverpool. It features a Byzantine inspired design by PS Gilby and was built between 1914 and 1920. There are exterior friezes depicting the Last Supper and of Our Lady and the Child Jesus inscribed with the two titles given to Our Lady at the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD, i.e. 'Deipara' and 'Theotokos' over the door onto Catherine Street. There is also a large stone inscribed in Latin set in the wall bearing the name of Thomas (Whiteside), Archbishop of Liverpool 8 Oct 1916 which dates from the time the church was constructed. The parish grew from the school named 'The Institute' which opened in 1853 in nearby Hope Street. It was visited by the founder of the English Oratorians (Cardinal) John Henry Newman of The Oratory of St Philip Neri in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The parish and later the church were named after Saint Philip Neri in honour of Newman since Philip Neri had founded the original Oratory church in Rome. Parish registers of the church dating as far back as 1864 can be inspected at the Liverpool Record Office.

Wikipedia: Saint Philip Neri Church (EN), Website

379 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 14: Philharmonic Hall

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in Hope Street, in Liverpool, England. It is the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is not the original concert hall on the present site; its predecessor was destroyed by fire in 1933 and the present hall was opened in 1939.

Wikipedia: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (EN), Heritage Website

782 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 15: Victoria Gallery & Museum

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The Victoria Gallery & Museum (VG&M) is an art gallery and museum run by the University of Liverpool in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

Wikipedia: Victoria Gallery & Museum (EN), Website

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