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.
St Helens, Billinge, Speke, Southport, Formby, Wallasey, and Birkenhead are some of Liverpool best towns to visit near Liverpool.
The area around Liverpool's best lakes can be found at Carr Mill Dam.
There are a several good woodlands in the area around Liverpool like Carr Mill Dam.
There are a number of parks near Liverpool including Victoria Park, John Eddleston Playing Fields, Stanley Park, Sefton Park, and Vale Park.
The area around Liverpool's best old mines can be found at Rainford Old Delf - Crank Caverns.
The area around Liverpool's best hills can be found at Billinge Hill (Wigan).
Liverpool's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Billinge Beacon, Liverpool Cathedral, St Johns Beacon, Speke Hall, Gateway to the former Liscard Battery, and Bidston Windmill.
Liverpool's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial.
Liverpool is one of Liverpool's best, nearby cities to visit in Liverpool.
There are a number of rivers and streams near to Liverpool including Mersey Estuary.
Gardens to visit near Liverpool include 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.
There are a number of beaches near Liverpool including Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.
Nature Reserves to visit near Liverpool include Formby Nature Reserve.
New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough are great places to visit near Liverpool if you like villages.
There are a several good islands in the Liverpool area like Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island.
Places near Liverpool feature a number of interesting country parks including Wirral Country Park.
The area around Liverpool's best canals can be found at 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.
