Images of Merseyside - past and present

Images "lifted" from other sites are given due credit here - but a lot are taken by me
Updated: 9 May 2009

The Liver Buildings were built in 1911 and topped with two "mythical birds" on which the City's name is based. However, they are supposed to be Cormorants and not mythical at all. In fact the birds can be seen holding seaweed in their beaks. This seaweed was known as "laver" and which gave them the name "laver birds", so maybe Liverpool should really be Laverpool? A lot of my info comes from a lot of sources but even the most informed can be wrong. Take the Readers Digest Travelling Britain from 1992 which I saw recently. It shows an image of a coaster in Albert Dock alongside the Liverpool Pilot Boat and yet the caption clearly states "a tug sails along the river, in the background is the Royal Liver Building" - obviously they have no idea what a tug looks like, or the Mersey seafront. The "pool" was an inlet, long vanished, as seen here:

The first dock was started in 1715 and was built on "the pool". This area is now underneath the city centre and is currently, May 2008, being redeveloped with a massive building project. In fact, even the Pier Head is rapidly changing and is beginning to resemble a miniature Manhattan, with its high rise buildings rising alongside and over the Liver Buildings etc. The skyline has already changed forever.

	Liverpool Strand with the Overhead Railway. Royal Liver Buildings built 1908 to 1911		Pier Head Liverpool
	View to Birkenhead from the top of Liver Building. Image from John Bythell as are all images marked thus *		Dido Class Cruiser on the Mersey, possibly HMS Dido herself.
	Albert Dock from the top of the Liver Buildings *		Anglican Cathedral
	The Beacon, on top, a revolving restaurant - now adorned with a massive Coca Cola advert in red! Feb 2002*		Royal Liver Building Pier Head
	Pier Head from The Beacon *		Tunnel Entrance from The Beacon. The Museum is the prominent building in the foreground
	Fans queue to see The Beatles at the Cavern. They made 272 appearances at the Cavern, the Beatles not the fans!!		Beatles immortalised Penny Lane in song
	Ferry on the Mersey. Ship builders Cammell Laird in the rear *		Pier Head from Albert Dock
	Pier Head from Seacombe Ferry Terminal		St Georges Hall in the City Centre (Lime Street) *
	Liverpool Town Hall Castle Street		Tunnel Entrance to Birkenhead under the Mersey, taken possibly in the early 60s
	Tunnel taken from top of William Brown Street in the 60s (maybe) *		Taken by me in 1987
	Put something up in Liverpool and it will gain a nickname before you can blink! This is the "spaceship" or The "Popes Wigwam" *		Mersey Ferry 1987
	Pier Head from Albert Dock 1987		Lusitania berthed at Liverpool Landing Stage 1909 Note: The Royal Liver Building being half constructed.
	This of Albert Dock and the following images were all taken by me on 16 Feb 2002		Albert Dock Feb 2002
	Albert Dock Feb 2002		Albert Dock. Turn of the century Schooner "Widden" Feb 2002
	Albert Dock Feb 2002		Cammell Laird Shipyards Feb 2002
	Castle Street with Town Hall Feb 2002		Mersey Ferry Royal Daffodil ex Overchurch Feb 2002
	Royal Daffodil arrives at Woodside Feb 2002		Derby House and St Nicholas Feb 2002
	Derby Square Feb 2002		Fenwick Street & Corn Exchange, where I got my first job back in '64 for £2.17.4 per week! Feb 2002
	Merchant Naval Memorial WW2 Feb 2002		Pier Head from Woodside Feb 2002
	Pierhead from Royal Daffodil Feb 2002		Pier Head Feb 2002
	Prenton Park home of Tranmere Rovers FC Feb 2002		Was once the Pacific Steam Navigation Offices James Street see also below Feb 2002
	Birkenhead Priory first point of Ferry Crossings in 1330 Feb 2002		Wartime Bunker of Western Approaches Derby House Feb 2002
	Lady Leverhulme Art Gallery Port Sunlight Feb 2002		Port Sunlight Feb 2002
	Port Sunlight Rail Station looking a bit worse for wear Feb 2002		Lever Bros Port Sunlight - site of No 1 building where I met my wife! Feb 2002
	Lever Bros Port Sunlight Main Entrance Feb 2002		Captain "Johnnie" Walker Greatest U Boat killer of WW2 - Feb 2002 Click here to visit my Captain Walker Pages
	Captain Walker Feb 2002		Captain Walker Feb 2002
	Looking down Water Street towards Pier Head Feb 2002		Woodside Ferry with new freight roll on terminal being built Feb 2002
	Inside Woodside Ferry Terminal Feb 2002		Woodside Ferry Terminal Feb 2002
	Freight Terminal being built Woodside Feb 2002		Woodside Ferry looking inland Feb 2002
	Dacre Hill Rock Ferry - Feb 2002		Liverpool Landing Stage Feb 2002
	Biplane flying over Liverpool Docklands Feb 2002		Looking upriver towards Runcorn by Albert Dock
	Liverpool Landing Stage looking towards Seacombe Ferry over river Feb 2002		Royal Liver Buildings taken from The Strand Feb 2002
	Royal Liver Buildings from Churchyard of St Nick's. Tower Buildings on the left. Feb 2002		Liverpool Pier Head - Feb 2002
	Liverpool Pier Head showing Memorials to War dead including Merchant Naval Memorial and Captain Johnnie Walker statue Feb 2002		Seacombe (Wallasey) Ferry Terminal - Feb 2002
	Passengers disembark at Seacombe Ferry Terminal - Feb 2002		Birkenhead Woodside Ferry Terminal - note floating crane in background - Feb 2002
	Birkenhead Woodside Ferry Terminal - Cammell Lairds to rear - Feb 2002		Woodside Ferry Terminal - Feb 2002
	Liver Buildings at Night from http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/		The following images, and more, can be found on: http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/index.htm

	- July 04		Sunset July 04
	Atlantic Towers & St Nick's - July 04		Looking toward the Pier Head from Albert dock - April 2005
	Mersey Docks & Harbour Board		Signpost outside The Beatles museum
	A choppy windy day on the Mersey	10 Sep 05 >
			Albert Dock - Sept 2005
(1)	The following images can be found on this Scouse forum by Ken Roberts.		Speke Airport Jan 64. 2nd January 1964. British Eagles Britannia 312 "Endeavour" just in from Heathrow. The beautiful Bristol Britannia was nicknamed the "whispering giant". If you asked nicely you were allowed to go on board and look around. Try doing that nowadays!
	Speke Airport May 66. 7th May 1966. British Eagle's BAC 111 "Swift" on the day Speke's new runway was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh.		Central Station 1968. The entrance to the Underground can just be seen lower right.
	2nd May 1966. The spectators balcony at Speke. No terrorists or armed cops, just a little man with a ticket machine, and for a tanner, that's 2.5p in today's money, you could spend the day on the terrace.		Pier Head & Dockland Railway in 1969
	Central Station 1968		Empress of Canada 1969. Taken from the New Brighton Ferry boat.
	Canadian Pacific's Empress of England 1969. Landing stage with the Ben-my-chree (Isle of Man Boat.)		Floating Roadway 1968 showing St Nick's and tower Buildings on the rear right. As you can see from the angle of the floating road, the tide is out.
	View from the bus terminal roof Pier Head showing St Nick's and the John Moores Centre nearing completion. 1968		SS Nevasa 1969. Arrives at the Pier Head to embark on another school cruise.
	1968		Landing Stage 1969. Georges landing stage in 1969 with the Empress of England in the background at Prince's Landing Stage.
	A photo of a photo in St Nicholas' Church, Pier Head. Possibly 1890s - 1900 ???? Scene shows St Nicholas' Church with a basin in the foreground which is George's Basin, filled in for St Nicolas' Place and Floating Roadway. That info courtesy of Ken Roberts of The Scouse Forum. See below for an old image of the basin.		Ken Robert's sent me some more images, starting with the Empress of England in dock in December 1967 at Canada Graving Dock
	And here, the Cunard "Franconia" here in Caribbean Cruise livery in December 1967		Huskisson No 3 Dock December 1967
	Liverpool's Pilot boat, the "Petrel" in Feb 1968		Canada Dock in Oct 1967
	Canada Dock in Oct 1967		Some postcards from Ken Roberts. This one circa 1972
	The new Royal Liver Buildings circa 1911		Carinthia 1967
	Carinthia at Pier Head in aerial view 1967		Royal Iris, Apapa and Empress of Canada 1967
	Pier Head 1972		Overhead Railway circa 1911
	Liver Buildings approx 1913. Note the grime appearing after only 2 years!		1965
	1965		1967 Aerial View of City Centre
	Liverpool 1956. The year the Overhead closed down		The Overhead Railway in 1956
	Yorkshire House - Chapel Street		Cunard Building - Central of the 3 Graces
	Cunard & Liver Buildings		Berengaria in the Museum, Albert Dock
	Entrance to "China Town"		Evening on the Mersey. Taken from the Atlantic Towers Hotel
	Outside the entrance to the Maritime Museum, Albert Dock		Looking toward Seacombe, Wirral
	Entrance to India Buildings		The grand interior of India Buildings so often overlooked by the hustle and bustle of every day office staff coming and going.
	India Building - the superb ceiling of the "arcade"		Facing the gardens of St Nick's - the Mersey Court
	Nightfall at the Pier Head		Looking towards New Brighton from the Atlantic Tower Hotel
	Sunset - 10 July 2004		Sunset 10 July 2004
	Entrance to the Beatle Museum, Albert Dock (rear)		Sweeping the Albert Dock!! April 2005
	April 2005		Georges Basin, adjacent to St Nicks, leading into George's Dock
	Jenny Minshull sent me this, Pier Head in 1955 (Oct 08)		Arguably the most elegant "propliner" of all - the old Lockheed Constellation, this one being operated by Euravia. The triple-tailed Connie dates back to the 1940's, and was reaching the end of its passenger-carrying days by the 1960's. Image July 1963 by Ken Roberts.
	How about this for a classic '60's shot; an Aer Lingus Carvair car-ferry loading up on the Dublin service in July 1963. Image: Ken Roberts.		1911 - no Cunard Building, yet!
	George's Basin circa 1841. Image: Ken Roberts		Pier Head, Albert Dock from the direction of Cammell Lairds
	Georges Basin. Another image from Ken Roberts. This is circa 1870		Albert Dock - Feb 2008
	Feb 25th 2007. I took this from Bidston Hill, looking towards the Pier Head.		This was once St Georges Approved School in Freshfield, now a High School. I was sent here in the early 60s for being both, a naughty little boy and, most likely, to keep me away from my father.
	It was certainly not a happy period of my troubled childhood being bullied mercilessly by fellow "inmates" and hit by staff. Very little has changed since I left there in 1964. It was as grim as it looks!!		This is the yard, the markings were not there then and this is where I was forced into smoking by the bullies. I used my glasses to ignite the "rollies" in the sun. The yard seems smaller now somehow!!!
	This white(ish) building was where we assembled. The dormitories were above. If anyone transgressed we were forced out of bed to lie on the floor doing leg lifts, very bad on stomach and quite painful!!		The washrooms and shower block. Showers were on occasion (mostly) cold as the water wasn't hot enough at 0630 hrs - 0700 hrs! I took these images on 25th Feb 2007 - over 45 years on. Colditz Freshfield!
	The Refectory is furthest bottom floor. Again, staff would hit us if we were in any way naughty, particularly a teacher known as "Big Matt" The Infirmary was above, on the middle floor.	Another trip up to Liverpool was 29th April 2007. This was a special trip to see the mosaic floor in St George's Hall, uncovered rarely and is a must see! By the time you read this, it already too late for another 10 or more years as its been covered up again. Images below.
	April 29th 2007. I went up to Liverpool to view the uncovered mosaic floor in St Georges Hall. They only uncover it every 10 years or so. Here is my images of that trip from Wallasey Grove Road station where I parked my car after coming off the M53		Grove road Station in Wallasey, has not changed much, if at all, in all the years since last I set eyes on this station (60's?).
	The train terminated at James Street due to the usual Sunday infestation of repair men. This is James Street looking back toward Mann Island. Had a nice pint in The Liverpool, a pub on the right.		Fenwick Street, I used to work here in the brilliant mid 60s when shipping and the Mersey Sound was booming! Second Building on the left (Corn Exchange) was were I worked (4th Floor).
	Castle Street, zoom shot from Derby Square looking towards the Town Hall and Derby House to the rear. Derby House is the home of HQ Western Approaches.		After a walk up Lord Street I turned into North John Street and then into Matthew Street to the Home of The Beatles.
	A statue, looks like John Lennon, leans against the wall opposite the Cavern.		The Cavern but this is not the original entrance, its about 6-7 yards further up
	Look who is on at the Cavern!!! Pity I couldn't make it. Looks like a good night to be had by all.		The story, in brief, of the Cavern
	Original entrance of the Cavern, now a Fire Escape.		After leaving Matthew Street I went up Stanley Street into Whitechapel and into Richmond Street, pictured here, home of The Playhouse and the Beacon.
	Then up Williamson Square into Hope Street and my first glimpse of St Georges Hall.		Lime Street Station, opposite St Georges Hall
	Looking back from St Georges Hall to the Pier Head		Into St Georges Hall and a trip back in time to when the Assizes were in situ.
	Many a murder and prisoner passed along this way		to where they were placed in cells
	to pass again through this doorway to the "dock" above.		The strange tale of Kirkdale Prison where all were kept in solitary and even Chapel had the prisoners segregated into little boxes
	Cell door of the period		The stairway up to the prisoners dock on the centre of the Court Room.
	And the chair of the judge who held their fate, usually their life, in his hands		Another view of the steps up to the dock
	The ceiling of the Court Room		Into the main hall of St Georges Hall and the uncovered mosaic floor
	At one end a large organ sits dominating the view		Another view of the floor.
	Above the organ is this stained glass window		With the large central piece.
	The end of the hall opposite the organ		with the stain glass window of St George.
	Sir Robert Peel, founder of the Police Force.		View from the balcony
	looking across the Hall		And opposite the magnificent organ
	finishing off with another floor view from the balcony.		In the hallway outside I saw this image of a typical Liverpool street, probably not far from the docks showing how Victorian poor used to live and in what conditions.
	By comparison, the worlds first Air conditioning plant is located in St Georges Hall.		Then outside into the warm Spring sunshine and a walk though the Gardens before going across
	past the entrance to the Mersey Tunnel		and past Walker Art Gallery and the Library to
	Liverpool Museum and my first port of call was the Aquarium. I was very disappointed in this, such a small section with hardly anything of note contained within. The shop I work in has more in one section the the whole of the Museum!		So I quickly left and went up to the 5th floor to the Astronomy Section. Another great let down! A small room with hardly any exhibits, most time pieces and an aged rocket. I seem to recall it being much much bigger?
	One exhibit was of a third stage rocket engine from a European rocket and		then this old newspaper prediction by a 29 year old Arthur C Clarke, VERY prophetic.
	Finally, looking back along the entire section.		Looking across Liverpool from the 5th Floor. The cranes give testimony to a massive reconstruction programme going on here. The entire centre is being "shifted" nearer to the Mersey.
	Slightly different view looking towards the Liver Buildings and the Pier Head.		and then St Georges Hall and Gardens.
	Downstairs again and into the Dinosaur section		The skull of a prehistoric bird
	a reconstructed child's skull		Leaving the section, a couple of skeletons.
	At last a section that really caught my interest. But I seem to recall again that this Egyptology section in the Museum of the 60s was much grander with many more exhibits. Where have them all gone? This chest was used to house body parts for a dignitory.		Priestess
	Sarcophagus		Split level sarcophagus showing how the mummy was laid to rest.
	Drawn into the base of a sarcophagus is this image of a beautiful woman		Small effigies
	Canopic Jars and faces		A mummified hand, probably a priestess, was wrenched from the mummy due to the gold and jewelled rings that adorned it.
	Rameses II, carved into solid granite		Hieroglyphics
	Small items of jewellery		Necklace

	This is Tutankhamun		Resin from ceremonies has stained the upper section black over time.
	Anubis, God of the Dead		Planetary observations, written in demonic, from Roman times during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. 97 - 118 AD
	Gold Seal Rings		and a close up
	Egyptian Sandals		Servant girl
	After leaving the Egyptian section I went into the Special Exhibit area and found this, on Wallace & Grommit. Very good and very entertaining.		Following images are of various sets used in the making of the film The Curse of the Wererabbit!

	Next door was "The Bug Section" - again, not much to look at, quite disappointing really. This Praying Mantis was quite nice though.		The entrance to the museum taken from 1st Floor. The way out is to the left. Overall impression was that it was very disappointing, very small for a city of the size of Liverpool. Probably just as well that the Maritime Museum exists, so much better and bigger too!
	Back To St Georges Hall, but along the front this time on Lime Street		Looking towards William Brown Street.
	Another view on Lime Street		followed by an 180 degree turn and into Lime Street station. Virgin Hi-speed at the platform
	Before the days of electronic scoreboards and scrolling timetables, this was the means of checking out when your train was due, or due to leave, along with paper posted boards all over the station. Always accurate and visible all over the platforms.		View of some of the excellent roofing so famous to travellers and football fans alike.
	The Beacon opposite through the giant glass walls of Lime Street station.		Final view before heading out into
	Skelhorne Street.		Close up of Beacon taken from pub on Skelhorne Street.
	Hangin' round like one of Lewis'!!! The famous statue on the wall of Lewis' department store. The saying is more likely to belong to the young female shop assistants than the statue.		Opposite the statue is the famous Adelphi Hotel
	and then down Ranelagh Street and back to the Underground to take my train back to Wallasey. Lewis's is on the left.
Down The Dock Road - Liverpool May 29th 2008
	Bramley Moore Dock Wall		Heading for the usual "derelict" condition, on or near Bramley Moore Dock
	Bramley Moore Dock Entrance		Regent Street Bridge, closed for repairs. Its bridges like these, now so very rare, we need to be looking after and preserving.
	Looking from Dock Road towards Wallasey		Opposite Bramley Moore Dock. Right, the same shot in 1942. Image: National Maritime Museum.
	Old Victorian chimney rises above the Dock Walls. No idea what underneath it as the "security" on the gates won't "allow" photography for some "jobsworth" reason.		Another dock entrance, now docks in name only
	Going to rack 'n ruin, hives of activity in the 60s. History disintegrates before my eyes		MDHB Engineers Works in either Sandon or Huskisson Dock
	Part of the old Dock Road surfacing from under a very thin veneer of tarmac. Rails took small locos and their wagons off the docks, across the road and into either sheds or marshalling yards.		Pumphouse in Brocklebank, derelict and in decay.
That's all I could take today; the "jobsworth" guys on the gates at Gladstone said I was not allowed to take photo's. Shame really, it was the main reason for my drive up
	Liverpool's seafront taken from Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead 10 Sept 2008		And, from the ferry boat, 10 Sept 2008
	Approaching the Pier Head on board Royal Iris 10 Sept 2008		Another view
	The Landing Stage and frontage is undergoing massive redevelopment 10 Sep 2008		John Lennon - corner of Mathew Street Sept 2008
	Paul McCartney		George Harrison
	Ringo Starr		Statue of John leaning against the wall in which all the Bands etc that have appeared at The Cavern are etched. Sept 2008
	My daughter, Lorna, with John Sept 2008		Original entrance to the Cavern at 10 Mathew Street. Sept 2008
	Inside The Cavern		Cavern Stage
	Paul & John posters		Cavern Bar
	Very early image of Beatles in action (or posed) at Cavern		The Cavern Stage Wall
	Daughter Lorna on stage at the Cavern		and myself on stage
	Mathew Street, Cavern is on left higher up the street		Pier Head from Albert Dock - Sept 2008
	Bar Lightship, now in next to Albert Dock		Green cabins is area of what was once Mann Island, the Sailors "signing on" offices
	oh how the skyline is changing. I am doubtful its for the best		Albert Dock Sept 2008
	Largest Anglican Cathedral in the world - from Albert Dock Sept 2008		Looking towards the old White Star Building and The Strand - Sept 2008
	Zebu moored in Albert Dock - Sept 2008		3 Graces from Albert Dock - Sept 2008
	Very large model of Titanic which can be found in the National Maritime Museum, Albert Dock		Pier Head, 10th Sept 2008, from the upper windows of Maritime Museum
	White Star Line Prices to New York		Proceeds for the poor of Liverpool Functions
	This eccentric model was a contender for a new Ferry boat in 1865!!! Model can be seen in the Maritime Museum		Zebu in Albert Dock - Sept 2008
	One of the famous Mersey Tugs "Brocklebank" in Albert Dock		The Strand, Liverpool - Sept 2008
	Liver Bird looking inland - Sept 2008. According to locals, this is the male watching for the pubs to open!		White Star balcony where the Chairman announced to the world that Titanic has sunk!
	New on the Liver Buildings skyline is this shoebox "thing"!		Another view of the "shoebox" - the architect must have been on something when he designed this thing.
	A welcome sign on a once polluted River Mersey. This cormorant was fishing alongside the ferry and the Pier Head.		Pier Head from the Ferry off Seacombe - Sept 2008
	and again - Sept 2008		Beginning to look more like New York or Hong Kong every day!!
	Evidence of the huge construction projects can be seen everywhere		Anglican Cathedral dominating Albert Dock - Sept 2008
	A stunning image taken in 1950 of the Ark Royal being built at Cammell Laird. This image was taken from the top of a street, possibly Tranmere.		Royal Iris (Not the famous yellow one) of the 60s
	Liverpool from Birkenhead Woodside		Royal Iris approaches Pier Head from Woodside
	And a longer view, Birkenhead Rock Ferry in background		I am in the debt of Jeff Gath of www.shipsnostalgia.com for these two images taken on 11th Sept 08 ....................
	....... of a rainbow on the River Mersey. I had been there the day before!!
	The Pier Head taken through the Irish Ferry Terminal Birkenhead 4th Feb 2009 and the next images also......
	Pier Head from Woodside - Feb 4th 2009		Old Map of the approaches to Liverpool. Taken from a photocopy found in Tam O'Shanter's cottage Bidston
	Boat museum at Ellesmere Port. Not impressed but then again, I did not go in, just passing! Feb 4th 2009.		Tug on Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port

(1) The photo of the statue of John Lennon was sent to me by the brother of the artist, Allen Curran. Thanks John. I found another statue in April 07 in Matthew Street. The image is above

The PSNC Building on the corner of The Strand and James Street, Liverpool Pier Head. In the 60s it was a hive of maritime activity but the offices now stand empty and forlorn, reflections of bygone days. It was once the home of the White Star Line and it was from the lower central balcony that the Chairman announced to the world that the Titanic had sunk. 070405.

This image comes from the late 80s and shows the Maria Asumpta, built in 1858 and (then) the oldest seagoing sailing ship in the world.

Nothing unusual about this and following images, except I was in Birkenhead at the time, zoom shots across the river 2. Looking up Water Street

Ex Birkenhead Ferry now renamed Royal Iris of the Mersey (surprised it wasn't called Nelson Mandela or something!!)

Luxury apartments mask what was once a good shot of Albert Dock and Liverpool

Atlantic Towers, St Nick's church and Liver buildings with Royal Iris of the Mersey in foreground

I took this from Birkenhead of the Beacon in Liverpool City Centre - Sept 09

Liverpool is a microcosm of the whole world and has some fantastic places to visit and see. In fact I would go as far as to say a holiday could easily be spent there, getting the best of many worlds, across the river to the Wirral, its countryside and sea coast. Liverpool has many places to stimulate the mental processes. Merseyside sights to behold include:

Animation World - Albert Dock
Beatles & City Tours
The Beatles Story Museum - Albert Dock
Bidston Hill (Windmill, Observatory, Hall & Village
Birkenhead - home of U Boat U544 and Maritime Museum. Bidston Hill for lovely walks, Bidston Windmill, Central Park was model for New York Central Park.
Bluecoat Chambers dated 1717
Brown, Picton & Hornby Libraries
Bold Street, tyop of Bold Street remains of bombed out Church, turn right to magnificent arched entrance to China Town
Cavern Club - where it all began, Beatles, Searchers, Merseybeats, Billy J Kramer, Billy fury, Cilla Black, the list goes on
Chester Zoo, foremost amongst zoo's for natural layout and conservation. Large free flying bat "cave" and Aquarium
Church of St Nicholas & Our Lady - Seaman's Church
Derby Square beneath which lies
Headquarters Western Approaches Museum - 1942 layout, entrance in Rumford St
Exchange Flags
Everyman Theatre
Mersey Ferries
Leasowe - Castle and sea wall. Scene of prolific smuggling enterprises and wreckers
Liverpool Cathedrals one gothic the other modern
Liverpool Empire - plays, musical, concerts.
Liverpool Museum, excellent Egyptian section as well as aquarium and planetarium
Playhouse Theatre in city centre
Maritime Museum - Albert Dock Excellent Battle of the Atlantic section.
Municipal Buildings - 1866
Neptune Theatre - 1910
New Brighton - Fort Perch Rock Museum and Lighthouse
Philharmonic Hall - art deco rebuilt 1933
Pier Head - Home of the "Three Graces", one of which is the Royal Liver Building.
Prescott - Museum of Clock & Watch making
St Helens - famous for its glass
Sefton - 16th C Church
Speke Hall - Built between 1490 - 1612
Standish - 16th C St Wilfred's, Victorian steeple
Stretton Mill - Working museum 1596
Tarporley - 1585 manor house, medieval church
Thurstaston - high limestone outcrops give good views to North Wales and surrounding countryside, good walks
Wallasey - once home for Liverpool shipping magnates, river and sea front walks
Warrington - Museum & Art Gallery worthy of a visit
West Kirby - Hilbre Island and Deeside walks, Country Park
Widnes - Victorian Promenade, museum, viaduct
Wigan - Famous Wigan Pier, actually does exist. Waterbus to mills with worlds largest working engine.

Liverpool River Front is changing so fast its unbelievable! I can only hope its for the better. Some rich buildings have gone! Four new images taken 5th May 2008