Liverpool Football Club Origins

This walk traces the late 19th-century neighborhood roots, chapel grounds, and meeting rooms where Everton and Liverpool football clubs were born and famously split.

Listen to this tour in the Mira app →Walk it in street view

1. Everton Brow

Everton Brow is marked by a small, stone-built structure known as the Everton Lock-Up. This Georgian-era building, which features a distinctive conical roof, sits within the landscape of Everton Park. Completed in seventeen eighty-seven,…

2. Everton Lock-up

The Everton Lock-up is a red sandstone building shaped like a round drum with a conical roof. Built in seventeen eighty-seven on Everton Brow, this Georgian structure originally served as an overnight holding cell for local drunks and…

3. St George’s Church

St George’s Church in Everton is defined by an unusual internal skeleton: though its outer walls are built from traditional stone, the entire interior structure—including the vaulting ribs and columns—is made of cast iron. Consecrated in…

4. St Domingo House

St Domingo House takes its name from a grand eighteenth-century mansion that once stood in this part of Everton. The original estate was built in the seventeen fifties by George Campbell, a merchant and sugar trader who served as the Mayor…

5. The Sandon Complex

The Sandon Complex on Oakfield Road is identifiable by its distinctive Art Deco frontage and its location just a short walk from Anfield Stadium. Built in eighteen seventy by the local brewer John Houlding, the property was originally…

6. Anfield

Anfield is defined by its four distinct stands, including the Spion Kop, which looms over the pitch as the most famous section of the ground. While it is now the home of Liverpool Football Club, the stadium opened in eighteen eighty-four…

The audio tour continues in the Mira app →