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.
Carr Mill Dam is a great place to visit close to Liverpool if you like lakes.
The area close to Liverpool boasts some of the best woodlands including Carr Mill Dam.
The area around Liverpool boasts some of the best parks including 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),
There are a number of historic buildings near Liverpool including Billinge Beacon, Liverpool Cathedral, St Johns Beacon, Speke Hall, Gateway to the former Liscard Battery, and Bidston Windmill.
The area around Liverpool boasts some of the best historic monuments including Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial.
The area around Liverpool's best cities can be found at Liverpool.
Liverpool is near some unmissable rivers and streams like Mersey Estuary,
Liverpool is near some unmissable gardens like St John's Gardens - Liverpool,
Places near Liverpool feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Liverpool One.
The area close to Liverpool boasts some of the best airports including Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Beaches to visit near Liverpool include Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.
Nature Reserves to visit near Liverpool include Formby Nature Reserve.
There are a several good villages in the Liverpool area like New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough.
The area around Liverpool boasts some of the best islands including Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island.
Wirral Country Park is one of Liverpool's best, nearby country parks to visit in Liverpool.
Don't miss Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Wigan to Liverpool Section's canals if visiting the area around Liverpool.
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.
