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What to Do in Liverpool City Region

The architecture is world-class, with more listed buildings than any city outside London. The heart of the city and its waterfront sit proudly alongside treasures like the Taj Mahal and Pyramids at Giza as a World Heritage Site. Whether you're coming to Liverpool for arts and culture, sport or family outings for the half-term holidays, you'll be spoilt for choice in this great city.

Our city's areas of interest extend far beyond the World Heritage Site. In and around Liverpool, attractions to satisfy the mind are always within reach, with maginificent architecture and cultural wonders filling the metropolis as well as the countryside and seafront.

Liverpool boasts two cathedrals which are major attractions in their own right. The Anglican Cathedral and the Metropolitan Cathedral are fine examples of internationally recognised architecture.

Many gems of the National Museums Liverpool fall within the heritage site. The refurbished World Museum Liverpool and Walker Art Gallery are housed in this part of town, while the Tate Liverpool and Merseyside Maritime Museum have their homes on the waterfront, at the Albert Dock, alongside the not to be missed Beatles Story. Check out artinliverpool.com for listings of Arts & Culture events in the area.

If you're looking for theatres in Liverpool, choose from the Everyman and Playhouse, Unity and Empire theatres for a range of contemporary, classic and touring productions.

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Liverpool is the kind of place where styles tend to make their first appearances before filtering through to the rest of the country. It has therefore become the first place to look for people with an eye on fashion. But clothing is just part of the Liverpool shopping experience.

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Thanks to The Beatles, Liverpool has become a positive mecca for music lovers worldwide. Beatles fan? Then make a beeline to the
Beatles Story on the Albert Dock.

Our city's place in the story of pop didn't start and finish with the Fab Four. Their contemporaries in the Merseybeat scene and musicians as diverse as Echo and the Bunnymen, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Atomic Kitten have roots in the city

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Liverpool's port, the second city of the British Empire, provided the gateway to Britain, and a window to the rest of the world, culminating in the vibrant, diverse, international city Liverpool is today. Maritime heritage weaves a rich thread through the city today, from the Three Graces on the Waterfront to the Albert Dock, home of the Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Our waterfront region was
awarded World Heritage Site status in 2004 by UNESCO.

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Liverpool is the centre of a dynamic area containing seaside resorts, breathtaking landscapes, vibrant towns and villages with a host of historic places and stories.

What's more it's all joined together by a comprehensive network of road, rail and ferry links that makes destinations a joy to travel to.

For more information visit Mersey Coast and Country

Apart from Liverpool having the country's most successful football club,hosting the world's most famous steeplechase and being at the heart of England's Golf Coast, with no fewer than three Royal courses.

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For a glimpse of the city prior to your visit, check out Liverpooltelly.com. It is a comprehensive website hosting a library of short programs that reflect the spirit of one of the world's most influential cities, historic and contemporary.