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Park
Sefton Park
The largest public park in Liverpool and the Liverpool City Region, in a conservation district of the same name.
A mini guide to
Lark Lane & Sefton Park
Cafés and bars on Lark Lane beside the city's largest park
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1 / 6Welcome to the area
Cafés and bars on Lark Lane beside the city's largest park
Sefton Park is the largest public park in Liverpool and the Liverpool City Region. Beside it, Lark Lane is a street noted for its cafés, bars, boutiques, music venues and bistros, and has a bohemian reputation. The Victorian Palm House in the park is run as a venue.
Nearby, Princes Park is a Grade II* historic park, and the Welsh Streets and Granby Four Streets are Victorian terraces designed by Richard Owens and built by Welsh workers. Further out are the Beatles sites in Woolton and Allerton: Strawberry Field and the National Trust's Beatles' Childhood Homes.
Highlights
Start here
If you only have a few hours, these are good places to begin.
Glasshouse
Sefton Park Palm House
Victorian palm house in Sefton Park that is run as a venue, according to its website.
Directions Website Report a problem with Sefton Park Palm House
Street
Lark Lane
Street noted for its cafés, bars, boutiques, music venues and bistros, with a bohemian reputation.
Park
Princes Park
45-hectare municipal park in Toxteth, upgraded to Grade II* historic park status in 2009.
Historic streets
Welsh Streets
Late 19th-century terraced streets in Toxteth, designed by Richard Owens and built by Welsh workers.
Historic streets
Granby Four Streets
Four streets near Princes Park, designed by Richard Owens and built by Welsh workers in the late 19th century.
Find your way
On the map
The map shows Lark Lane & Sefton Park and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
Insider tips
Before you go
1
Walk the park
Sefton Park is the biggest park in the city and takes time to cross. Wear shoes for grass and gravel paths.
2
Find the Palm House
The Victorian Palm House in Sefton Park is run as a venue. Check its website before you go to see what is on.
3
Eat on Lark Lane
Lark Lane has independent cafés, bars and restaurants close together. Merseyrail's own Lark Lane guide names several of them.
4
Visit the Beatles homes
The National Trust looks after Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road as the Beatles' Childhood Homes. Check its website for how to visit.
Tips from the Britlens editors
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- Lark Lane & Sefton Park (area photo): Ben James, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sefton Park: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sefton Park Palm House: Gary Bealr, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lark Lane: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Princes Park: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Welsh Streets: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Granby Four Streets: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ullet Road Unitarian Church: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Church of St Agnes and St Pancras: John Bradley, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Toxteth Park Cemetery: John Bradley, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ancient Chapel of Toxteth: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christ Church, Toxteth Park: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Otterspool Promenade: Liverpoolpics, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- The Cathedrals & Hope Street: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Anfield & the Football Story: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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