Liverpool, at one-time the second city of the British Empire, has, since WOrld War II been in decline. In recent years there has been a massive increase in investment with the city centre seeing regeneration. Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture for 2008 throughout the year there were countless events ranging from music concerts by world renowned musicians and singers to superb art exhibitions. No longer the European Capital of Culture what is there to draw visitors to this wonderful city? Well there are many new Liverpool hotels catering for all tastes. In the following article I introduce 3 tourist attractions in Liverpool.

Tate Liverpool

Located on the Liverpool’s waterfromt, as part of the Albert Dock complex, is Tate Liverpool. Since opening in 1988, the Tate, for a short period of time, was the largest gallery of contemporary and modern art in the United Kingdom, outside London. The Tate is a very popular visitor attraction in Liverpool, with more than 600,000 visitors through its’ doors each twelve months. The gallery is in one of the 5 converted warehouses orignally converted by James Stirling. However, the building had to undergo further refurbishment in1988 to create more gallery space. In 2007 the foyer was redesigned, giving the gallery a  more modern appearance and better proportions in the reception area.

Albert Dock

Liverpool’s Albert Dock was named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, who opened the docks in 1846. The docks were very busy over the years,, but eventually had to close to shipping in 1972. For many years the docks lay derelict and quiet, until the 1980’s when they were redeveloped with funding from the Merseyside Development Corporation. The dock consisted of five warehouse buildings, all of which are Grade I listed, making the Albert Dock complex the largest set of Grade I listed building in the United Kingdom. The docks are now home to a number of visitor attractions, including the Tate Liverpool and the Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

Liverpool is renowned for having two cathedrals: the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral. When John Charles Rye was assigned Bishop of Liverpool in 1880, ironically Liverpool did not have a cathedral at that time. Whereupon, after a lot of deliberation, the powers that be decided that a cathedral was required. In 1902, they decided to hold an open competition for the design of the cathedral. The winning proposal was chosen in 1903, and astonishingly, was a design by student Giles Gilbert Scott, who had no previous building experience. Another architect, George F. Bodley, was assigned to work with Scott, and oversee all building works and designs. King Edward VII laid the foundation stone in 1904, and in 1910, the first part of the cathedral, the Lady Chapel, was completed.

As well as the three visitor attractions discussed above Liverpool has a great many more. Not only this there are a huge number more not too far from the city, perfect for a day visit. If you are planning to spend time in Liverpool you may wish to take a look at our web site which has a comprehensive list of Liverpool guest houses and hotels as well as a selection of unserviced and services apartments in Liverpool.

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