audio tours

heritage audio tour of Liverpool

Welcome to the Heritage Audio Tour of Liverpool. Follow the trail for a great walking tour incorporating facts on past, present and future Liverpool.

Begin your tour at St George’s Hall, the unmistakable neo-classical building opposite Lime street station. The walk will take 2 or 3 hours.

We hope you will enjoy this informative tour of Liverpool maritime mercantile city.

Listen to individual tracks or download the entire ZIP file to put on your MP3 player.

Track 1 - Introduction (1.11MB)
Track 2 - St George’s Hall (4.05MB)
Track 3 - William Brown Street (4.42MB)
Track 4 - The Pool (3.91MB)
Track 5 - The Cavern (4.31MB)
Track 6 - Liverpool Town Hall (4.41MB)
Track 7 - The Church of our Lady and St Nicholas (4.09MB)
Track 8 - The Pier Head (4.77MB)
Track 9 - Albion House (4.35MB)
Track 10 - Liverpool Castle (3.73MB)
Track 11 - Bluecoat Arts Centre (3.59MB)
Track 12 - St Luke’s Church (3.58MB)
Track 13 - Chinatown (3.71MB)
Track 14 - The Anglican Cathedral (3.46MB)
Track 15 - Rodney Street (3.79MB)
Track 16 - The Philharmonic Hall (4.30MB)
Track 17 - The Metropolitan Cathedral (4.02MB)

Download the entire Heritage Audio Tour ZIP file (57.5MB)

Slavery Trail Walking Tours

Laurence Westgaph, a Liverpool historian and writer on the city's role in the slave trade, has compiled an audio trail which you can download and transfer to a portable mp3 player to enjoy on your visit to the city. On his tour, he takes you on a tour of buildings and places of interest related to this subject. A downloadable map accompanies the tour.

The tour takes around an hour to complete, passing points of interest and places where you can stop for refreshments so feel free to break your tour to find out more about the buildings that are open to the public or to enjoy Liverpool cafe culture.