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The Mersey Coastline

The Mersey River View and Beyond...

Mersey Waterfront has around 45km of beaches. Over 100km of the total 135km coastline is open to the public to enjoy the Liverpool beaches and scenery.

Taking the ferry 'cross the Mersey' is an essential experience in itself and the 50-minute River Explorer river cruise offers a complete tour of this fascinating urban stretch of the river.

Liverpool beaches are also the ideal place to plan your day from the wide variety of recreational opportunities now on offer along this lively Mersey waterfront. As the shore approaches, your eye takes in the promenades and riverfront walks alive with people who come to stroll, cycle, fish or simply enjoy the constantly changing river landscape.

On the Liverpool side, beyond the waterfront buildings that symbolised the city to generations of seafarers, lie the newly revitalised, World Heritage docklands. Grouped round the key visitor attraction of the Albert Dock you'll find shops, restaurants and bars, not to mention a national art gallery and two national museums.

One of the most exciting new additions to the Mersey waterfront landscape is the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool which provides high-quality conference and arena facilities in a superb setting. And with the launch of the new multi-million pound Cruise Liner facility, cruise ships are becoming regular sight in the Mersey.

Further along the waterfront you will find a chain of renovated docks that have become a focus for watersports, as well as a community of impressive new waterfront homes clustering round the masts that throng the busy marina. From here you can walk or cycle along the promenade almost to Garston, five miles away.