Liverpool Cathedral is the largest church in the United Kingdom, dominated by a massive central tower that rises over three hundred feet above the River Mersey. Built of hand-worked red sandstone, the cathedral sits atop St James’s Mount,…
Hope Street and Two Cathedrals
This walk takes you along iconic Hope Street to connect Liverpool's two landmark cathedrals, highlighting historic pubs, legendary music venues, and striking local landmarks along the way.
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1. Liverpool Cathedral
2. Saint James' Gardens
Saint James' Gardens sits as a sunken, lush urban park locked within the walls of a former stone quarry. You can recognize this site by the way its deep, quiet floor drops well below the surrounding street level, leaving it sheltered by…
3. Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts occupies a prominent, restored Georgian-era building that once served as the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys. You can identify the site by its historic facade, which now houses a…
4. "A Case History" by John King
A Case History, created by artist John King and completed in nineteen ninety-eight, consists of twenty-seven suitcases and two guitar cases cast in concrete. The sculpture rests on the pavement at the intersection of Hope Street and Mount…
5. Ye Cracke
Ye Cracke sits on Rice Street in Liverpool’s Georgian Quarter, identifiable by its narrow entrance and a history that stretches back to eighteen sixty-two. Originally opened as The Ruthin Castle, the pub took its current name from a local…
6. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Hope Street is a fawn-colored brick building defined by its symmetrical art deco facade and a canopied entrance flanked by semicircular stair turrets. Home to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society,…
7. The Philharmonic Dining Rooms
The Philharmonic Dining Rooms, known locally as The Phil, stands on the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street with a facade of exuberant stone carvings and tall, stepped gables. Designed by architect Walter W. Thomas and completed…
8. Everyman Theatre
The Everyman Theatre on Hope Street is marked by a west-facing facade featuring one hundred and five life-size portraits of local residents cut into movable aluminium sunshades. Four large cylindrical chimneys rise from the roof, providing…
9. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
The Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King is recognizable by its circular form and the sixteen concrete ribs that rise to support a massive, crown-like lantern. Standing on Brownlow Hill, the structure occupies a site…