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Best of Liverpool

Liverpool houses a variety of historic buildings, museums, interesting sightseeing opportunities and a wide range of parks and green spaces. Plenty of Liverpool’s activities to keep you busy so take advantage of Liverpool attractions and those in the surrounding area, both indoors and out, from a simple picnic, a round of golf, or a more adventurous sport, or just to see its amazing waterfront by ferry.

People know about Liverpool’s seafaring heritage, they need to take a Ferry across the Mersey to see this amazing waterfront at its best venues such as the recognisable Pier Head, home to three of the Liverpool’s most famous buildings, the “Three Graces”: the Liver Building to the left, the Cunard Building to the centre and the Port of Liverpool Building to the right. Visitors can get tickets for the ferry on Canada Boulevard right in front of the Cunard Building.

Three Graces - Liverpool The Royal Liver Building

Liverpool boasts acres of beautiful parkland maybe the most representatives are Green Park, Sefton Park and Reynolds Park among others. However Calderstones is a fantastic park for all age’s right on the doorstep of the house. Its features include Mansion House, Children’s Playground, the Allerton Oak, the Pineatum, Ornamental Gardens, Japanase Garden, Glasshouse, the Neolithic Calderstone and a lake.

It forms part of one of the world most famous waterfronts the Royal Liver building stands with the fabled liver birds nested on top. Also it is considered one of the “Three Graces” along with the Port of Liverpool Building and the Cunard Building. It can be observed from the ferry as it crosses the Mersey.

Port of Liverpool Building

Located at the Pier Head in Liverpool, the Port of Liverpool Building was designed by Arnold Thornley and built between 1904 and 1907. The building was designed in the style of Edwardian Baroque and has strong echoes of London’s St Paul’s Cathedral.

In 1941, a bomb cause extensive damage to the eastern wing of the building, but quickly it was restored with a cost that exceeds the original construction costs.

The building forms part of the “Three Graces” and was formerly known as The Dock Office until renamed in 1972. Inside and octagonal hall rises to the dome, with galleries running around it. Outside a dome caps the Grade II listed building.

Cunard Building

Situated at the Pier Head in Liverpool, the Cunard Building was constructed by Holland, Hanen and Cubitts between 1914 and 1917 as the head quarters of Cunard Line. Now is commonly named as one of the Liverpool’s Three Graces. For years the Cunard Building was the centre of the British trans-Atlantic ocean liner industry.

Princess Road Synagogue - Liverpool
The Princess Road Synagogue

Considered a wonderfully built building, the Princess Road Synagogue is probably the interior is most impressive part of the Synagogue. However it was built in a combination of Moorish and Gothic styles.

St. George’s Hall Organ St. George’s Hall

Located in the heart of the city, the finest neoclassical building in the world was opened in 1854. Around 1800’s Lonsdale Elmes, the designer won two competitions to design a Concert Hall and a Law Courts building for Liverpool. Both designs were combined in a single one, called St George’s Hall.

Still considered a Revival masterpiece, St. George’s Hall features more than a dozen Corinthian columns with 60ft high. The hall is now used for concerts and lectures, as well as craft and antique fairs.