111 Places in Liverpool That You Shouldn't Miss
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Overview
- The ultimate insider's guide to Liverpool
- Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides
- Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide
- Appeals to both the local market (nearly half a million people call Liverpool home) and the tourist market (about 5 million people visit Liverpool every year!)
- Fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographs
- Revised and updated edition
Liverpool's unique history as an international port and a cultural melting pot has given it a character all its own. The city has produced music that conquered the world and is home to more historic buildings than any other British metropolis outside London. It features two magnificent cathedrals and many world famous museums. But beyond its renowned exterior, is an eclectic assortment of places hidden and unknown.
This deliciously offbeat guidebook will lead you to a different Liverpool: down tunnels, up skyscrapers, and into secret bars, speciality shops, and disused factories. You will see Balenciaga trainers and vintage planes, rolling bridges and disappearing statues, Liver birds and celebrity suitcases, home-baked cakes and cast-iron churches. Stroll under the palms in a magical glasshouse, explore a 1950s kitchen or a museum of false teeth. Relax in a hip tea bar with over 50 varieties of tea (loose leaf naturally). Marvel at the world's most expensive book or largest brick building (27 million bricks!). Go underground to explore a network of mysterious tunnels or a perfectly preserved World War II bunker. Drink in a prison cell, picnic in a graveyard, or stay in the hotel where Winston Churchill and Bob Dylan were guests. Think you know Liverpool? Think again! Whether you're a long-time local, a first-time tourist, or a repeat visitor, prepare to be charmed and intrigued by 111 eccentric and unusual spots you'd never expect to find in the city best known for football and the Fab Four.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783740816070 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Acc Publishing Group Ltd |
| Publication date: | 05/31/2022 |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.44(w) x 8.13(h) x 0.76(d) |
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Table of Contents
1 10 Rumford Place
Smuggling and espionage in the American Civil War 10
2 69A
Browse for curios in an Aladdin's cave 12
3 A Case History
Heaps of luggage scattered on the pavement 14
4 A Tavola
Eat, drink and cook with Maria 16
5 Active Learning Laboratory
The colourful world of engineering 18
6 Adelphi Hotel
Where Roy Rogers's Trigger took a bow 20
7 Alma de Cuba
From Latin Mass to Latin-American bar 22
8 Anfield
Tour the stadium, visit the museum, buy the kit 24
9 Angel Field
An inspiring symbolic garden 26
10 Another Place
The iron men on Crosby Beach 28
11 The Art School Restaurant
Raising the bar for Merseyside dining 30
12 Baltic Bakehouse
The guest for the perfect loaf 32
13 Baltic Triangle
Where Liverpool's creatives work and play 34
14 Bascule Bridge
Seesaw in dockland 36
15 Belzan
Flavour magic in Smithdown Road 38
16 Berry and Rye
Secret speakeasy with classic cocktails 40
17 Bidston Hill
A windmill, an observatory, and a lighthouse 42
18 Birkenhead Park
Crossing the Alps in Birkenhead 44
19 Birkenhead Priory
Worship and warships 46
20 Black Pearl
Pirates at art 48
21 Bling Bling Building
A palace for Herbert, the King of Bling 50
22 Bluecoat Display Centre
Contemporary craft shop and exhibition space 52
23 The Bluecoat Garden
Yoko Ono is waiting for your wish 54
24 The Bridewell
A drink in the clink 56
25 Bucket Fountain
A 1960s kinetic sound sculpture with water 58
26 Burne-Jones Windows
A Pre-Raphaelite vision of paradise 60
27 Buyers Club
Cool cellar and creative kitchen 62
28 Caffè Riccardo
A taste of Torino 64
29 The Calderstones
Megalithic rock art in a parkland setting 66
30 Canning Street
The Georgian Quarter 68
31 Casbah Coffee Club
Where the Beatles played before they were the Beatles 70
32 Chambré Hardman's Kitchen
For fans of fifties kitchenalia 72
33 Chavasse Park
The place to let your credit card cool down 74
34 Christopher Columbus Statue
The discoverer of America was the maker of Liverpool 76
35 Cricket
Where the wives and girlfriends shop 78
36 Crowne Plaza Liverpool - John Lennon Airport
Liverpool in the golden age of flying 80
37 Dafna's Cheesecake Factory
Like Grandmother used to bake 82
58 Dazzle Ferry
See the city from the river 84
39 Delifonseca Dockside
Shop and eat in a foodies Aladdin's cave 86
40 Delia Robbia Room
Birkenhead shows its artistic side 88
41 Dream
The angel of the North West? 90
42 Duke's Terrace
Liverpool's sole surviving back-to-back terrace 92
43 Eleanor Rigby Statue
For "all the lonely people" 94
44 Eros the Second
See it better in Liverpool 96
45 Everton Tower
The lit-up lock-up 98
40 Festival Gardens
Japan-on-Merseyside 100
47 Florence Institute
Where Gerry Marsden learned to play the guitar 102
48 Fort Perch Rock
Maritime fort at the mouth of the Mersey 104
49 Fountain in Williamson Square
Watery words by a Liverpool poet 106
50 Freedom! Sculpture
Campaigning against slavery then and now 108
51 Granby Four Streets
Winner of the Turner Prize 110
52 Hilbre Island
Walk on water to a peaceful nature reserve 112
53 Hornby Library
A temple to the art of the book 114
54 Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial
Monument with a view of the River Dee 116
55 John Lewis Pedestrian Bridge
An architectural twist 118
56 K6 Telephone Box
The smallest inside the largest 120
57 Kitty Wilkinson Statue
Her-story is made 122
58 Lark Lane
Shabby chic and first-rate food 124
59 Leaf
Teabags not allowed 126
60 Lime Street Rock Cutting
Outstanding feat of railway engineering 128
61 The Little Artists
Damien and Tracey in Legoland 130
62 Liver Birds
Here, there, and everywhere 132
63 Liverpool Mountain
Teetering tower of rainbow-coloured rocks 134
64 Liverpool Overhead Railway
The Dockers' Umbrella 136
65 Liverpool Resurgent
Aka Dickie Lewis 138
66 Maray
The world's first falafel and cocktail restaurant 140
67 Mathew Street on Saturday Night
Where Liverpool comes out to play 142
68 Museum of Dentistry
Teeth, tiles, and Tate 144
69 The Music Room
New vibes at the Phil 146
70 The Nelson Monument
A hero for Liverpool traders 148
71 News from Nowhere
Bookshop run by the real Amazons 150
72 Old Dock
Where it all began 152
73 Old Hebrew Synagogue
A masterpiece of opulent Orientalism 154
74 Olwen's Staircase
Art gallery with a unique attachment 156
75 Outhouse
More than just a glass box 158
76 Panoramic 34
Sky-high bar and restaurant 160
77 Penelope
It's all unravelling 162
78 Peter Kavanagh's
Charming pub with eccentric collection of curios 164
79 Philharmonic Dining Rooms
Liverpool's artistic pith 166
80 Port of Liverpool Building
For those that do business in great waters 168
81 Port Sunlight Village
Workers' Paradise 170
82 The Portrait Wall
The Everyman for everyone 172
83 The Pyramid
Monument to a forgotten railway engineer 174
84 Quaker Burial Ground
A secret garden transformed into an urban oasis 176
85 Qyeensway Tunnel
An engineering masterpiece in the Art Deco style 178
86 RIBA North
Architecture for all 180
87 River Wall
Cyclopean stonework on a heroic scale 182
88 Rolling Stone
Six tons of marble that move with miraculous ease 184
89 Roman Standard
The budgie on a stick 186
90 Salammbo
Erotic or artistic? 188
91 Ship and Mitre
For serious beer drinkers 190
92 Sodality Chapel
A glimpse of heaven 192
93 Southport Pier
… but where's the sea? 194
94 St George's Plateau
Where people come to share their joy and grief 196
95 St James's Gardens
A melancholy but dramatic cemetery-turned-garden 198
96 St Luke's
The bombed-out church 200
97 St Michael's in the Hamlet
An iron church in an iron village 202
98 Stanley Park
Liverpool's forgotten green lung 204
99 Sudley House
An unexpected stash of Turners 206
100 Superlambanana
The new Liver Bird? 208
101 Thomas Parr's House
Home of a slave trader 210
102 Tobacco Warehouse
Guess the number of bricks 212
103 Town Hall
At the heart of the city 214
104 U-boat Story
See inside a German submarine 216
105 Utility
An eye for design 218
106 Western Approaches Command Centre
Secret World War I bunker 220
107 White Star Line Building
Head offices of the owners of the Titanic 222
108 Williamson Tunnels
The mole of Edge Hill 224
109 World Cultures Gallery
Rare artefacts from all over the world 226
110 Wreckfish
Found in the briny deep 228
111 Ye Cracke
Tiny pub frequented by John Lennon 230