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Liverpool Attractions: Things To Do When You Stay in Liverpool

For the past year now Liverpool, England has been the European Capital of Culture city. Certainly if you were to visit this wonderful city not just this year but next there will be plenty for you to do and see during your time there. In fact this city after London offers more galleries and museums per capita than any other city in the UK. 

You’re also just a short trip from some oustanding features in the nearby countryside. Here, we’ll look at just a few of the things you can see and do when you visit Liverpool.

Of course no visit to Liverpool would be complete without learning more about The Beatles. Situated in Albert Dock, Liverpool is the Beatles Story where one gets transported back to the very start of this groups life. It shows the visitors what happened when four young guys from this city became world famous. It looks at their music and also at their lives as they grew up including, of course, how the group was formed.

Other places along with the Beatles Story that should not be missed during a visit to the Culture Capital of Europe are as follows:-

1.     Merseyside Maritime Museum – Also located in Albert Dock this museum houses a wide array of items reflecting the importance of the sea to this city. It is here you can learn about the importance of the city and its docks during the Second World War and how members of the merchant navy coped with life on the ocean.  You also get to view what the Titanic, Lusitania and Forgotten Empress ships were like.

2.    Speke Hall – This looks at how life was in Liverpool as far back as the fifteenth century. This is one of the most famous of all the half timber houses in the UK today and dates from the 1490′s. As you wander through it you will learn about the lives and times of those who have lived in it throughout the last five hundred or so years. 

3.    Knowsley Safari Park – This was opened by the 18th Earl of Derby in 1971. Although most people go to visit the safari park there are plenty of other attractions for the whole family to enjoy. There is also the Reptile House, Children’s Farm and the Parrot and Sea Lion shows as well. 

4.    Western Approaches – This attraction is located under the streets of Liverpool and provides you with an insight into what life was like during the 1940′s. Here is where the people were under constant pressure to protect England from invasion and ensure that the Battle of the Atlantic was won by us.  As you wander through the labyrinth of rooms you will be transported back to one of the most dramatic periods of time in the UK’s history. 

When you next visit Liverpool, make sure you find the best Liverpool hotel accommodation here.

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