Name: Liverpool join-in walking tour with Cavern Club
SKU: 41962
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 2.5h

Activity Level: Moderate

Experience: Adventure, Historical, Nature

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

Liverpool is situated on the estuary of the River Mersey. It is the fourth largest city in the United Kingdom. It is a main port and chief commercial centre. The city forms a crescent on the eastern bank of the Mersey.

Long stretches of docks and warehouses line the waterfront area.

The Mersey estuary is linked by a ship canal with Manchester and other nearby industrial cities. The economy of Liverpool is based largely on shipping and related businesses. Liverpool has a rich seafaring heritage and is highlighted by the famous song ‘Ferry across the Mersey’ and this certainly is the best way to see the amazing waterfront. The Three Graces, The Liver Building, and The Cunard Building are all famous landmarks. The Pier Head area forms part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City, which is a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site. Liverpool is famous for having two Cathedrals as well as two Premiership football teams, Liverpool and Everton. Their stadiums are situated at either end of Stanley Park. Liverpool is also home to the famous Beatles, both John Lennon and Paul McCartney had their childhood homes in the Allerton area of Liverpool, and this was the inspiration for some of their most famous songs including Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields.

What's included

English-speaking guide
Pick-up

Transportation
Food and drinks
Entrance fees

Pick-up at Liverpool cruise terminal
Tour finishes at the Cavern Club, 10-minute walk away from the cruise terminal

Highlights

Cavern Club

The Cavern Club is a nightclub on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened in 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the early 1960s. The club became closely associated with Merseybeat and regularly played host to the Beatles in their early years. The Cavern Club closed and opened on a new site in 1973 and was filled in during construction work on the Merseyrail underground rail loop. It reopened in 1984.

Cunard Building

The Cunard Building is a Grade II* listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head and along with the neighbouring Royal Liver Building and Port of Liverpool Building is one of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's waterfront. It is also part of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City. It was designed by William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse and was constructed between 1914 and 1917. The building's style is a mix of Italian Renaissance and Greek Revival, and its development has been particularly influenced by Italian palace design. The building is noted for the ornate sculptures that adorn its sides.

Liver Birds

The liver bird is a mythical creature which is the symbol of the English city of Liverpool. It is normally represented as a cormorant, and appears as such on the city's arms, in which it bears a branch of laver seaweed in its beak as a further pun on the name "Liverpool". Representations of the bird can be found throughout Liverpool. The two most famous stand atop the clock towers of the Royal Liver Building at Liverpool's Pier Head, overlooking the Mersey. Their names are Bertie and Bella. The male, Bertie looks over the city and the female, Bella looks to the sea. The building, headquarters to the Royal Liver Assurance, was opened in 1911. The metal cormorant-like birds were designed by Carl Bernard Bartels and constructed by the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts.

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, United Kingdom with a population of about 485,000 in 2015. It is part of the Liverpool-Birkenhead metropolitan area, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the UK. The local government is Liverpool City Council. Liverpool is on the eastern side of the River Mersey. It used to lie in the old area of West Derby in the south west of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207 and a city in 1880. In 1889, it became separate from Lancashire. Liverpool's growth as a large port was matched by the growth of the city during the Industrial Revolution. It was most famous as a port during the late 19th and early 20th century. It is the birthplace of the famous rock group The Beatles. It is also famous because of its football teams, Everton F.C. and Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Town Hall

Liverpool Town Hall is the home of The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, situated within Liverpool’s prestigious World Heritage Site. Built in 1749 and designed by John Wood, the Grade 1 listed Town Hall is recognised as one of the finest surviving town halls of the 18th Century – it is a masterful example of Georgian architecture. Fortunes were made by Liverpool shipping merchants relating to the slave trade, evident in the decorative frieze, but Liverpool and the Town Hall found greater prosperity as a port in the years following its abolition. The interior vestibule is graced by a breath-taking Minton tile floor showing the arms of Liverpool, and the walls are decorated with murals created in 1909, showing scenes of the city’s history from King John creating Liverpool as a free port to Liverpool as a centre of culture, commerce, education and progress. The Staircase Hall has been described as one of the great architectural spaces of Liverpool and features a decorated sculptural dome, faced by four clocks, flanked by lions and unicorns.

The “Fab Four” Beatles Statue

The bronze sculpture depicts the famous band walking down the street and is placed on Liverpool’s Pier Head. Weighing 1.2 tonnes, it was given to the city by the Cavern Club, the venue synonymous with The Beatles before they rose to fame in the 1960’s. The Fab Four statue was sculpted by Noted British sculptor Andrew Edwards.

Itinerary

09:15

You will not only enjoy a Liverpool Beatles Walk in the heart of the vibrant city of Liverpool but they will also exclusively receive a fun guided walk of the Waterfront including a visit to either the Port of Liverpool Building or the Cunard Building. Discover the sights and sounds of the most important period in British pop in the two-hour walking tour around Liverpool which takes fans on a journey to the birth of Beatle mania.

This 2-hour walk on mostly pedestrianized walkways uses the story of the Fab4 to bring the City of Liverpool to life and your local tour guide will show you how and why this vibrant city has changed. There is no other tour that will take to the many hidden places that you cannot easily reach on a coach tour and you will be able to touch the statues and visit the pubs and clubs the Beatles and their adoring fans enjoyed all those years ago.

Waterfront tour where you will see the iconic Liver Birds and visit either the Port of Liverpool or Cunard Buildings
Fun walk through the World Heritage Site to visit the Cavern Club

The Liverpool Beatles Walk, also includes a visit to Liverpool Town Hall (restrictions on certain days), the Iron Door Club, Mathew Street & the Cavern Club, the former site of Brian Epstein’s store “NEM’s” and lots lots more

The walk finishes with a visit to the Cavern Club where the Beatles played 292 times. This is an ideal location to finish the tour as it is in the heart of the city centre with plenty of choice to eat and buy souvenirs. The Cavern Club is a very short 10-minute walk back to your ship.

Finish your booking To Cart

Book This Tour

Choose Your Date

How many people will?

Total

packages

46.00

92.00

137.00

183.00

229.00

274.00

Liverpool join-in walking tour with Cavern Club