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Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral
Church of England cathedral and seat of the Anglican Bishop of Liverpool.
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The Cathedrals & Hope Street: things to do
Places worth your time in The Cathedrals & Hope Street
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Things to do in The Cathedrals & Hope Street
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Cathedral
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archbishop of Liverpool, nicknamed Paddy's Wigwam and the Mersey Funnel.
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Street
Hope Street
Street running from the Metropolitan Cathedral past the Anglican Cathedral, with restaurants, hotels and bars.
Concert hall
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Grade II* listed concert hall on Hope Street and home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society.
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Theatre
Everyman Theatre
Theatre at the north end of Hope Street, founded in 1964 in Hope Hall, a former chapel and cinema.
Historic building
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Performing arts school set up by Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty, opened in 1996 in the former Liverpool Institute.
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Park
St James's Gardens
Urban park behind the Anglican Cathedral, below street level, on a former quarry used as the city cemetery until 1936.
Historic building
The Oratory
Former mortuary chapel of St James Cemetery, now housing 19th-century sculpture and funeral monuments from the Walker Art Gallery.
Statue
Sheppard-Worlock Statue
Statue by Stephen Broadbent of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock, the city's Anglican and Catholic leaders.
Historic street
Rodney Street
Georgian street noted for its doctors' practices and nicknamed the Harley Street of the North.
Historic house
The Hardmans' House
National Trust house at 59 Rodney Street, the home and studio of the photographer Edward Chambré Hardman.
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Historic building
Liverpool Medical Institution
Building of 1837 on the corner of Mount Pleasant and Hope Street, on a site used as a medical library since 1779.
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Theatre
Unity Theatre
Theatre founded by Gerry Dawson and Edgar Criddle as the Merseyside Left Theatre in the 1930s.
Historic house
Blackburne House
Grade II listed house of 1788, remodelled in 1874-76, on the east side of Hope Street.
Place of worship
Church of St Philip Neri
Byzantine Revival church of 1914-20 by P. S. Gilby, the Catholic chaplaincy for two local universities.
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Birkenhead & Hamilton Square
A Georgian square, a medieval priory and Paxton's park across the Mersey
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- The Cathedrals & Hope Street (area photo): calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Liverpool Cathedral: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hope Street: Carroll Pierce, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Liverpool Philharmonic Hall: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Everyman Theatre: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts: D.pendleton at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- St James's Gardens: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Oratory: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sheppard-Worlock Statue: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rodney Street: Boing! said Zebedee, Public domain, source
- The Hardmans' House: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Liverpool Medical Institution: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Unity Theatre: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Blackburne House: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Church of St Philip Neri: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Albert Dock & the Waterfront: 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
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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