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 several good towns in the Liverpool area like St Helens, Billinge, Speke, Southport, Formby, Wallasey, and Birkenhead.
Don't miss Carr Mill Dam's lakes if visiting the area around Liverpool.
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.
Liverpool is near some unmissable old mines like Rainford Old Delf - Crank Caverns,
The area close to Liverpool boasts some of the best hills including 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.
Historic Monuments to visit near Liverpool include Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial.
There are a number of cities near to Liverpool including Liverpool.
Mersey Estuary is one of Liverpool's best, nearby rivers and streams to visit in Liverpool.
St John's Gardens - Liverpool is one of Liverpool's best, nearby gardens to visit in Liverpool.
The area around Liverpool's best shopping centres can be found at Liverpool One.
Airports to visit near Liverpool include Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Liverpool has some unmissable beaches nearby like Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.
The area close to Liverpool boasts some of the best nature reserves including Formby Nature Reserve.
Liverpool has some unmissable villages nearby like New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough.
The area around Liverpool features a number of interesting islands including Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island.
Don't miss Wirral Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Liverpool.
Canals to visit near Liverpool include 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.
