Local guides · Liverpool
Liverpool, place by place
What stood here before, when the buildings went up, and where to eat, drink and stay within a short walk. Every guide combines verified history with official Food Standards Agency records and Old Town Liverpool's own venue guides.
- Hope Street · Georgian Quarter Liverpool Philharmonic Hall This corner of Hope Street was once the home of William Hope (1751–1827), the merchant the street is named after. The first Philharmonic Hall opened here on 27… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Takeaways
- St James's Mount · south end of Hope Street Liverpool Cathedral Below the cathedral lies a former stone quarry, worked out by 1825 and turned into St James's Cemetery, which took burials from 1829 until 1936. Above it, Sir… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Takeaways
- Mount Pleasant · north end of Hope Street Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral The cathedral stands on the site of the Brownlow Hill workhouse, built in 1769–72 and at one time among the largest in England, which closed in 1928. Lutyens's… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Takeaways
- Top of Bold Street · Leece Street & Berry Street St Luke's Bombed Out Church St Luke's was planned in 1802, begun in 1811 and finished in 1832 to designs by John Foster Sr and his son John Foster Jr. On 6 May… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Hotels · Takeaways
- Foot of Bold Street · Liverpool Central The Lyceum, Bold Street Before Bold Street was built up, its line was a ropewalk where rope for sailing ships was laid out and twisted. At its foot, Thomas Harrison's Lyceum opened… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Hotels · Takeaways
- Wood Street · Fleet Street · Seel Street Concert Square & the Ropewalks The Ropewalks take their name from the rope-making trade that supplied Liverpool's sailing ships and dominated the area until the 19th century. Its warehouses now frame Concert Square,… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Hotels · Takeaways
- Nelson Street · Chinatown Chinatown & the Chinese Arch Liverpool's Chinese community dates back to the 19th century: many seamen arrived in the late 1860s with Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line. The 13.5-metre arch on Nelson Street… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Hotels · Takeaways
- Lime Street · William Brown Street St George's Hall St George's Hall stands on the site of Liverpool's first infirmary, which occupied the ground from 1749 to 1824. Harvey Lonsdale Elmes won the design competition in 1839;… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Hotels · Takeaways
- Waterfront Royal Albert Dock Before the dock, this ground between Salthouse Dock and the Canning Dock channel held houses, a pub and the Dock Trustees' dockyard, and 59 tenants were evicted to… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Hotels · Takeaways
- Waterfront · Pier Head Pier Head & the Three Graces Before the Three Graces, this was George's Dock, opened in 1771 as Liverpool's third dock and too small for shipping by the 1890s. The Port of Liverpool Building… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés · Hotels · Takeaways
- Cavern Quarter · Mathew Street Mathew Street & the Cavern Club Mathew Street was the centre of Liverpool's wholesale fruit and vegetable trade. In the cellar of one of its fruit warehouses, an air-raid shelter in the Second World… Restaurants · Pubs & bars · Cafés
- Cultural Quarter · Lime Street William Brown Street Until the mid-19th century this was Shaw's Brow, a coaching road out of the city. It was renamed after William Brown, the MP and philanthropist who paid for…