Liverpool travel guides & articles

All 10 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Liverpool — newest first.

Sixteen Day Trips from Liverpool, All by Train

Sixteen Day Trips from Liverpool, All by Train

Sixteen places you can reach from a Liverpool platform and be back by evening, with the journey times, the fares and the catch on each one.

Two Days in Liverpool Built Around an Anfield Match

Two Days in Liverpool Built Around an Anfield Match

How to book, eat, drink and sleep around a first match at Anfield without losing the weekend to taxi rides and queues.

Where to Look Down on Liverpool and What It Costs

Where to Look Down on Liverpool and What It Costs

Every high place in Liverpool worth the trip, from a 152-metre cathedral parapet to a free hilltop park, with the prices, the door rules and who each one suits.

Liverpool in the Rain, From Lime Street to the Docks

Liverpool in the Rain, From Lime Street to the Docks

The best rooms in Liverpool are indoors, and most of them are free. A wet-weather plan with real opening times, prices and walking distances that hold up in a downpour.

Where to Hear Real Scouse Spoken in Liverpool

Where to Hear Real Scouse Spoken in Liverpool

A local's route through the pubs, stages, and tours where Liverpool's accent and slang show up unscripted, not performed for a camera.

Liverpool's Two Cathedrals and the Street Between Them

Liverpool's Two Cathedrals and the Street Between Them

A calm walk up Hope Street between Liverpool's Gothic Anglican cathedral and its modern Catholic rival — with timings, prices and where to stop along the way.

A Liverpool Weekend Without the Beatles

A Liverpool Weekend Without the Beatles

Two cathedrals a ten-minute walk apart, a Georgian quarter most visitors never turn into, and a Nigerian food scene worth crossing the city for — the Liverpool weekend that has nothing to do with a tribute band.

The Vinyl City: Liverpool's Record Shops and the Culture That Outlasted the Merseybeat

The Vinyl City: Liverpool's Record Shops and the Culture That Outlasted the Merseybeat

Liverpool sold the world four Beatles and kept its record shops running anyway — a walking guide to the city's independent vinyl culture, from a 1971 institution to a 2023 upstart, with the cafés and pubs where you inspect the haul.

The Beatles' Liverpool — the real streets behind the songs

The Beatles' Liverpool — the real streets behind the songs

Beyond the coach-window version: the actual churchyard, cellar, and pub circuit that made the Beatles, walkable in 2026 exactly as they left it.

Liverpool on the Water: The Docks, the Three Graces and a City Reborn by the Mersey

Liverpool on the Water: The Docks, the Three Graces and a City Reborn by the Mersey

A calm, practical walking guide to Liverpool's waterfront in 2026 — the Grade I docks, the Three Graces, the river cruises and the regenerated northern quays, with real timings and honest advice on what suits groups and what suits couples.

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