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Historic dock
Royal Albert Dock
Dock of 1846 whose warehouses were the first UK structure built from cast iron, brick and stone without structural timber.
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Albert Dock & the Waterfront: things to do
Places worth your time in Albert Dock & the Waterfront
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Things to do in Albert Dock & the Waterfront
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
Merseyside Maritime Museum
National Museums Liverpool museum on the Albert Dock, an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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Museum
International Slavery Museum
Museum in the Maritime Museum building on the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, in three main galleries.
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Gallery
Tate Liverpool
Gallery of modern and contemporary art on the Albert Dock, part of Tate. The building also houses RIBA North.
Museum
The Beatles Story
Museum about the Beatles and their history, opened on the Albert Dock in 1990.
Museum
Museum of Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool museum telling the story of the city and its people, opened in 2011 on the waterfront.
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Landmark
Royal Liver Building
Grade I listed Pier Head building, one of the Three Graces beside the Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building.
Landmark
Cunard Building
Grade II* listed building at the Pier Head, one of the Three Graces along the waterfront.
Landmark
Port of Liverpool Building
Grade II* listed former Mersey Docks and Harbour Board offices, known as the Dock Office, and the third of the Three Graces.
Waterfront
Pier Head
Riverside area of the city centre, part of the Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site from 2004 until its removal in 2021.
Gallery
Open Eye Gallery
Photography gallery and archive founded in 1977, in a purpose-built waterfront building at Mann Island.
Historic building
Liverpool Town Hall
Grade I listed Georgian municipal building where High Street meets Dale Street, Castle Street and Water Street.
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Monument
Nelson Monument
Monument to Admiral Nelson in Exchange Flags, designed by Matthew Cotes Wyatt and sculpted by Richard Westmacott.
Museum
Western Approaches Museum
Museum in the restored Second World War command centre that coordinated the Atlantic convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Liverpool
More areas to explore
16 sights · 20 places to eat
Cavern Quarter, Ropewalks & Chinatown
Beatles history, independent streets, Chinatown and the William Brown Street museums
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13 sights · 8 places to eat
Baltic Triangle & Georgian Quarter
Converted warehouses and street art, then Georgian terraces and Toxteth's Victorian churches
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15 sights · 11 places to eat
The Cathedrals & Hope Street
Two cathedrals, a concert hall and theatres on one street
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- Albert Dock & the Waterfront (area photo): Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Royal Albert Dock: Ubahnverleih, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Merseyside Maritime Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- International Slavery Museum: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tate Liverpool: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Beatles Story: Lipinski, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Museum of Liverpool: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Royal Liver Building: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cunard Building: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Port of Liverpool Building: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pier Head: The original uploader was Chowells at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Open Eye Gallery: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Liverpool Town Hall: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nelson Monument: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Western Approaches Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cavern Quarter, Ropewalks & Chinatown: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Baltic Triangle & Georgian Quarter: Fatih Renkligil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Cathedrals & Hope Street: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Anfield & the Football Story: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lark Lane & Sefton Park: Ben James, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Birkenhead & Hamilton Square: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- New Brighton & Wallasey: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lime Street & the Knowledge Quarter: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits