Liverpool is a City in the county of Merseyside.
There are great places to visit near Liverpool including some great towns, lakes, woodlands, parks, old mines, hills, historic buildings, historic monuments, cities, rivers and streams, gardens, shopping centres, airports, beaches, nature reserves, villages, islands, country parks and canals.
There are a number of towns near Liverpool including St Helens, Billinge, Speke, Southport, Formby, Wallasey, and Birkenhead.
Lakes to visit near Liverpool include Carr Mill Dam.
Woodlands to visit near Liverpool include Carr Mill Dam.
Liverpool's best nearby parks can be found at Victoria Park, John Eddleston Playing Fields, Stanley Park, Sefton Park, and Vale Park.
Liverpool is near some unmissable old mines like Rainford Old Delf - Crank Caverns,
Liverpool is near some unmissable hills like Billinge Hill (Wigan),
The area around Liverpool boasts some of the best historic buildings including Billinge Beacon, Liverpool Cathedral, St Johns Beacon, Speke Hall, Gateway to the former Liscard Battery, and Bidston Windmill.
Liverpool has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial.
The area around Liverpool's best cities can be found at Liverpool.
Places near Liverpool feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including Mersey Estuary.
There are a number of gardens near to Liverpool including St John's Gardens - Liverpool.
Liverpool One is a great place to visit close to Liverpool if you like shopping centres.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is a great place to visit close to Liverpool if you like airports.
The area around Liverpool features a number of interesting beaches including Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Liverpool like Formby Nature Reserve.
Liverpool's best nearby villages can be found at New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough.
Islands to visit near Liverpool include Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island.
Wirral Country Park is one of Liverpool's best, nearby country parks to visit in Liverpool.
Places near Liverpool feature a number of interesting canals including Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Wigan to Liverpool Section.
Liverpool History
There are some historic monuments around Liverpool:
Areas of Liverpool
Like most towns and cities Liverpool is comprised of a number of areas, once separate villages or small towns and parishes now part of Liverpool.
Many of the areas of Liverpool have their own character and places of interest.
Places to see near Liverpool
History of Liverpool
As trade from the West Indies, including sugar, surpassed that of Ireland and Europe, and as the River Dee continued to silt up, Liverpool began to grow with increasing rapidity. The first commercial wet dock was built in Liverpool in 1715. Substantial profits from the slave trade and tobacco helped the town to prosper and rapidly grow, although several prominent local men, including William Rathbone, William Roscoe and Edward Rushton, were at the forefront of the local abolitionist movement. By the start of the 19th century, a large volume of trade was passing through Liverpool, and the construction of major buildings reflected this wealth. In 1830, Liverpool and Manchester became the first cities to have an intercity rail link, through the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The population continued to rise rapidly, especially during the 1840s when Irish migrants began arriving by the hundreds of thousands as a result of the Great Famine. In her poem “Liverpool” (1832), which celebrates the city’s worldwide commerce, Letitia Elizabeth Landon refers specifically to the Macgregor Laird expedition to the Niger River, at that time in progress.
