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LIVERPOOL The Official Tourist Board Guide to the Liverpool City Region SUMMER/AUTUMN 2015 SPONSORED BY Explore Relax Eat Shop it’s liverpool LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 3 | TOBACCO WAREHOUSE WELCOME TO LIVERPOOL There has never been a better offer in 2015. We’ll also guide time to visit Liverpool. you through some of the best There are the big names of The places to eat, drink and sleep – Beatles and the football clubs, both in the city centre and the as always, but outside of those nearby neighbourhoods, rural our theatres are pushing things areas and seaside towns. forward, galleries are hosting However we couldn’t exhibitions you won’t see possibly fit everything in. For PROVISIONS STORED 1855 anywhere else, the waterfront the full picture, go to is hosting one of the biggest visitliverpool.com events anywhere in the UK Have a great time in Liverpool PROVISIONS SERVED 2015 and there’s a psychedelic ferry – and don’t forget to share your sailing across the Mersey experiences via Twitter every day. or Facebook. All around there is the sense of For reservations call 0151 559 1444 a city setting trends rather than following them. VisitLiverpool In this guide, we’ll outline some of what the city region has to @VisitLiverpool Stanley Dock, Regent Road, Liverpool, L3 0AN UK Cover photograph: “Everybody Razzle Dazzle”, by Sir Peter Blake, commissioned by titanichotelliverpool.com Liverpool Biennial, 14-18 Now, Tate Liverpool in partnership with NML and Mersey Ferries Produced by Marketing Liverpool, a Liverpool Vision Initiative Tourist information 0151 233 2008 Tourist information 0151 233 2008 | 4 | LIVERPOOL GUIDE LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 5 | CULTURE & HERITAGE Liverpool Waterfront ART Tate Liverpool is the home of ART LOVERS, THEATRE modern art in the north and is FANS AND MUSEUM one of the most visited galleries GOERS, LIVERPOOL outside of London, staging international exhibitions of IS THE PLACE FOR Chagall, Mondrian, Klimt, Pollock YOU. FIND OUT MORE and Monet to mention a few. ABOUT LIVERPOOL’S The stunning Walker Art Gallery 800-YEAR HISTORY AND on William Brown Street houses an EXPLORE THE BEST IN incredible collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts Bluecoat PERFORMANCE, FINE spanning over six hundred years, ART AND FILM FROM including works by Hockney, AROUND THE WORLD. Degas, Turner and Rembrandt. HERITAGE Liverpool has some of the best examples of neoclassical The Bluecoat is a cutting edge arts Like the Great Wall of China architecture in the world, most centre housed in a 300-year-old and the Taj Mahal, Liverpool is a notably the magnificent building, offering a programme UNESCO World Heritage Site. St George’s Hall. of art, literature, music and dance. Take a walk around Albert Dock, It’s also home to a wide range of the largest collection of Grade I Visit Central Library to see how artists and creative businesses. listed buildings in the country, and the original Picton Library has been skilfully meshed with a FACT is the natural home for bold an absolute must-see. The Dock modern design, and stroll down new exhibitions exploring digital is an integral part of the fabric of and contemporary issues, as well the city and dates back to 1840, Hope Street to see both of Liverpool’s famous cathedrals, as housing four cinema screens. but it is far from just a heritage the soaring neo-gothic Anglican site. It is home to bars, restaurants, Nearer the waterfront, Open Eye Cathedral (the largest in the UK) museums and some of Liverpool’s Gallery is one of the country’s and the modernist Catholic leading photography spaces most popular visitor attractions. Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ with globally-renowned artists Liverpool’s buildings tell the story Metropolitan Cathedral the King with its glorious exhibiting throughout the year. of the city. stained glass windows. VisitLiverpool.com VisitLiverpool.com Tourist information#VisitLiverpool 0151 233 2008 | 6 || 6LIVERPOOL | LIVERPOOL GUIDE GUIDE LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 7 | ‘Let it Be’ at the Royal Court ‘Mayas: revelation of an endless time’ at World Museum Liverpool Cathedral Tate Liverpool Museum of Liverpool coach tours. of a city. Visitors can explore DRAMA AND COMEDY often straight from the West End. family shows, comedy and music. There is a huge how Liverpool’s port, its people Drama in Liverpool has a The Royal Court offers a range of Many bars, clubs and theatres host selection of and its creative, industrial and fantastically strong reputation, long-running plays and one-off regular comedy nights such as special interest sporting history have shaped Visit the and the region has plenty of top nights, and the Epstein Theatre Comedy Central Comedy Club at tours too such the city. Liverpool theatre performance spaces. is Grade II listed with a striking Blue Bar & Grill, Laughterhouse at as photography, Many museums and galleries are The Slaughter House and The Hot Waterfront to admire The legendary Everyman interior and hosts entertainment ghost tours, located around the Albert Dock, Water Comedy Club. the Three Graces – the Cunard of all kinds. comedy tours and of course, the such as the Merseyside Maritime and Playhouse theatres are Building, Port of Liverpool responsible for launching the Smaller theatres such as the The Echo Arena hosts all the big Fab Four. Museum and International names, such as Tim Vine and Building and of course the Liver career of many celebrated Lantern Theatre and Unity Slavery Museum, where you can Jimmy Carr. Building, with its two Liver Birds, find out all about the companies, actors including Bill Nighy, Julie Theatre are no less innovative the symbols of the city, perching MUSEUMS people and ships connected to Walters and the late, great Pete and showcase local, national and 300 feet above the streets below. Liverpool has one of the most this port city. Postlethwaite. Both offer an international talent in a more eclectic programme of home- intimate setting. Take a RIBA tour to learn more impressive collections of museums St George’s Quarter, close to Lime grown and touring theatre, and about Liverpool’s architecture. in the country. The newest is the Street station, is home to World The hundred-year-old Floral frequently stage world premieres. The city also has a variety of fully Museum of Liverpool, opened Museum, where you can discover Pavilion in New Brighton, Wirral, qualified Blue and Green Badge in 2011 in a landmark waterfront treasures from around the world, The Empire is the largest theatre and Southport Theatre and guides who offer services from building, and the UK’s first meet live creatures and explore in Liverpool and stages the big Convention Centre both have individual walking tours to large museum dedicated to the history outer space. musicals and spectacular shows, varied programmes of theatre, VisitLiverpool.com Tourist informationVisitLiverpool.com 0151 233 2008 | 8 | LIVERPOOL GUIDE LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 9 | An absolute must-see is the Beatles Story at Albert Dock, a brilliant tour through The Beatles’ MUSIC lives, with fascinating memorabilia and insights from friends and BIRTHPLACE OF THE family. And check out Beatles BEATLES AND HOME Story Pier Head for the British TO MORE NUMBER ONE Invasion exhibition. HITS THAN ANY OTHER The Cavern Club on Mathew DISCOVER THE STORY Street is the most famous club CITY, LIVERPOOL’S MUSIC in the world; stop off here for a OF FOUR BOYS THAT SCENE HAS A PROUD beer and live music. Fab Four CHANGED THE WORLD HISTORY, DYNAMIC fans should also take a Magical PRESENT AND BRIGHT Mystery Tour through Strawberry Field, Penny Lane and other The Beatles Story Visit the award-winning Beatles Story, the world’s largest FUTURE. permanent exhibition purely devoted to The Beatles. iconic Beatles locations, or visit Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road, the covering every kind of music Located on the stunning UNESCO World heritage site at the childhood homes of John Lennon and showcasing Liverpool’s best Albert Dock, the Beatles Story takes visitors on an atmospheric and Sir Paul McCartney. venues from Sefton Park to the journey through the lives and times of The Beatles. ‘Bombed Out Church’. Liverpool’s music scene is no less ‘Living History’ audio guides are available in ten different lively today. Liverpool International Beyonce, Justin Bieber, The Who, languages and beautifully narrated by John Lennon’s sister, Julia. Music Festival, International Sir Elton John and Arctic Monkeys Beatleweek, Sound City and Africa are just a selection of the artists Oyé are just a few of the festivals to have played at Liverpool Echo beatlesstory.com • Tel +44 (0) 151 709 1963 taking place throughout the year, Arena, on the city’s waterfront. Authentic Imaginative Ever Changing Surprising Tourist information 0151 233 2008 VisitLiverpool.com @VisitLiverpool | 10 | LIVERPOOL GUIDE LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 11 | The list of previous performances reads like a veritable A-Z of music superstardom, as performers appreciate the fervent reception from Liverpool audiences. Sir Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson and The Wombats feature this season. Classical fans should visit the beautiful and newly refurbished Liverpool Echo Arena art deco Philharmonic Hall and take in a performance by the world-renowned Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, led by charismatic chief conductor Vasily Petrenko. The Hall also stages contemporary and classical music by a host of famous names. Find out if Liverpool Welsh Choral is performing when you’re in town. The unique programme is well worth catching, with everything from the Beatles to opera. Visit LEAF, Blade Factory, The Vasily Petrenko conducts the RLPO Kazimier, The Shipping Forecast or East Village Arts Club to see some of the best alternative artists from around the world play in unique venues. These five are just a handful of venues leading the city’s resurgence as a live music destination in recent years, and on any given night you can see performances from acid jazz to black metal and everything in between.