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Walking tour – 2 hours or coach tour taking in civic quarter and cathedrals too Starting in Derby Square, the site of Liverpool’s original Castle. Find out about bad King John and the founding of the little fishing hamlet. We make our way through Liverpool One to the place that would be pivotal in Liverpool’s booming future, the Old Dock. Next we journey to Albert Dock, exploring the masterwork of Jesse Hartley and Liverpool’s ascendance to become the second city of the Empire. We’ll hear about Albert Dock from glory to dereliction and its rise again as a UNESCO World Heritage site. From here we walk over to Mann Island and the Pier Head, exploring the old and new architecture of the Pier Head and hear about Titanic and its links to Liverpool. Finally we journey down Water Street to the Town Hall and head to the world famous Mathew Street and the Cavern Club, where the Beatles graced the stage 292...
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Walking tour – 2 hours Come and find out why Hope Street was Winner of ‘Great Street’ at the 2013 Urbanism awards. Meet heroes, slave traders, poets, the Beatles and see fine Georgian Architecture, pubs, clubs and two cathedrals! (access to and tours of both cathedrals can easily be added to this...
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Walking tour – 1.5 hours From quarry to cemetery to gardens, we will take in the changing uses of St James Mount and discover the awe and wonder of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, a neo-gothic, 20th century giant, the fifth largest cathedral in the...
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Walking tour – 2 hours We will explore a wide range of public art from Liverpool’s first piece of public art, the Nelson Monument in 1813, to some of the most recent street art in the city including Banksy and commissions as part of Liverpool Biennial, the public art festival held every two years in...
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Coach tour Discover Antony Gormley’s striking ‘Another Place’, also known as the Iron Men on Crosby Beach. No visit to the beach is complete without fish and chips too! (Can also be extended by coach to see other Public Art commissions in the Region such as Dream by Jaume Plensa in St Helens and visit Tate Liverpool or the Walker Art Gallery) Royalty free image...
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