Street in Liverpool

Albert Dock

Albert Dock is Liverpool’s UNESCO-listed waterfront, a complex of brick warehouse buildings surrounding a closed dock basin. Free to walk. The Tate Liverpool (free), the Merseyside Maritime Museum (free), the International Slavery Museum (free), and the Beatles Story (paid) are all in the dock. Budget travelers spend a full day visiting the free museums and walking the waterfront.

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Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool
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Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral is the largest cathedral in Britain and the fifth largest in the world, a 20th-century Gothic building that took 74 years to complete. Free to enter.

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Mathew Street

Mathew Street is the narrow street where the Beatles played their early gigs at the Cavern Club (reconstructed, free to enter during afternoon sessions). Free to walk.

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Walker Art Gallery

The Walker Art Gallery is Liverpool's main art museum, housed in a neoclassical building with a collection spanning medieval to contemporary art. Free.

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