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Music venue
The Cavern Club
Music venue on Mathew Street that opened in 1957 as a jazz club and became a centre of Liverpool's rock and roll scene.
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Cavern Quarter, Ropewalks & Chinatown: things to do
Places worth your time in Cavern Quarter, Ropewalks & Chinatown
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Things to do in Cavern Quarter, Ropewalks & Chinatown
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Street
Mathew Street
Street of the Cavern Club and nearby Beatles attractions, visited by thousands of tourists a year.
Museum
Liverpool Beatles Museum
Beatles museum at 23 Mathew Street, formerly known as the Magical Beatles Museum.
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Monument
Liverpool Wall of Fame
Wall in front of the Cavern Club listing groups that played at the original club, including Liverpool acts that reached number one.
Statue
Eleanor Rigby statue
Statue on Stanley Street by the entertainer Tommy Steele, based on the Beatles song Eleanor Rigby.
Arts centre
Bluecoat
Arts centre in a building of 1716-17 built as a charity school, the oldest surviving building in central Liverpool.
Arts centre
FACT Liverpool
New media arts centre with galleries, a Picturehouse cinema, a bar and a café.
District
Chinatown
Area home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe, with Chinese businesses, restaurants and supermarkets.
Street
Bold Street
Street known for its concentration of independent businesses, with St Luke's church at its top end.
Historic church
St Luke's Church
Former Anglican church at the top of Bold Street, known locally as the bombed-out church.
Historic building
St George's Hall
Neoclassical Grade I listed building opposite Lime Street station, opened in 1854 and containing concert halls and law courts.
Gallery
Walker Art Gallery
Grade II* listed art gallery holding one of the largest art collections in England outside London.
Museum
World Museum
Museum with collections in archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences, a Natural History Centre and a planetarium.
Library
Liverpool Central Library
The city's largest library, which includes the Picton Reading Room and the Hornby Library on William Brown Street.
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Monument
Wellington's Column
Grade II* listed monument to the Duke of Wellington at the corner of William Brown Street and Lime Street.
Theatre
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Theatre on the corner of Lime Street, opened in 1925 as the second theatre on the site.
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Liverpool
More areas to explore
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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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15 sights · 8 places to eat
Anfield & the Football Story
Two clubs, two stadium stories and the park between them
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- Cavern Quarter, Ropewalks & Chinatown (area photo): Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Cavern Club: Unmuessig, CC0, source
- Mathew Street: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Liverpool Beatles Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Liverpool Wall of Fame: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eleanor Rigby statue: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bluecoat: Arthur John Picton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- FACT Liverpool: Sweetie candykim, Public domain, source
- Chinatown: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bold Street: Samwalton9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Luke's Church: Acediscovery, CC BY 4.0, source
- St George's Hall: GeoffDrakeLiverpool, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Walker Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- World Museum: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Liverpool Central Library: John Bradley, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wellington's Column: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Liverpool Empire Theatre: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Albert Dock & the Waterfront: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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