modern Liverpool
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It is easy to forget that Liverpool has moved on in the 60 or so years since the images depicted on the pages of this website.
The city has more galleries and national museums than any other city in the UK apart from London. In 2008 it held the title of European Capital of Culture and between 2004 and 2021 World Heritage Site status (see the notes at the foot of this page for more details).
Liverpool has a bright new feel. Many of the city centre shopping streets have been pedestrianised and there is the new Liverpool One retail, leisure, and residential development a short distance from the Pier Head. The pictures here give a flavour of the new, and the old as it is now.
Where in the 1980s it seemed to have turned its back on the river, Liverpool now embraces its maritime heritage. Although the Prince’s Landing Stage is no longer there a new cruise terminal berth at the Pier Head provides a welcome to visitors to the city. The open air bus station has long gone, the Three Graces glisten in the sun, and the Mersey Ferries still ply their trade. Nostalgia seekers may miss the familiar old smell of the river but will find much that they remember and many new things that they will like.
Liverpool awaits - why not make a return visit soon?
the Pier Head with Mersey Ferry
the Pier Head with Cruise Terminal to the left
the Pier Head with Cruise Terminal to the left
the Pier Head from the Cruise Terminal berth
to the Ferries
Ferry ’Cross The Mersey
m.v. Royal Iris of the Mersey (formerly m.v. Mountwood)
the Cruise Terminal berth
Prince’s Dock
Prince’s Dock
tower tops
the Unity Building
Liver Bird
Liver Building
Centenary 1911 - 2011
Pier Head and the Three Graces
Liver Building, Cunard Building, and the Dock Office
or if you like, the Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building, and Port of Liverpool Building
Pier Head and the Liverpool Canal Link
Pier Head
Pier Head
reflections on the Pier Head
Albion House, The Strand
formerly the White Star Line and PSNC offices
corner of Water Street and The Strand
the former Bank of West Africa building
Water Street view
India Buildings
Water Street, looking towards the Town Hall
India Buildings
Water Street, looking towards the river
© Gregor Morcom
India Buildings
main entrance, Water Street
India Buildings
from the Plaza Fountain, Drury Lane
© Gregor Morcom
Holt’s Arcade
India Buildings, Water Street entrance
© Gregor Morcom
Holt’s Arcade
India Buildings, Brunswick Street entrance
© Gregor Morcom
detail on India Buildings
interior of India Buildings
Water Street
former Manchester and Liverpool Bank building
looking down Water Street
with Martins Bank Building and Town Hall to the right
reflections on Castle Street
Lord Street, with St John’s Tower
Super Lambanana
shop window 1
HMV music store, South John Street
shop window 2
Marks & Spencer, Church Street
Chevasse Park
Liverpool One - South John Street
Liverpool One
Liverpool One
Liverpool One
Liverpool One
Liverpool One
Liverpool One
Billy Fury
halfway to .....
so near, and .....
One Park West
the Eagle, Paradise Street
Bar Lightvessel
The Emigrants
Albert Dock
Albert Dock
Liverpool Wheel
Metropolitan Cathedral
Rodney Street
the former Skerry’s Commercial College building
Lime Street
Lime Street Station
Central Library
Central Library
Central Library
looking north from the Coburg Dock
Coburg Dock
Liverpool Marina, Brunswick Dock
Brunswick Business Park, looking north
site of the former Toxteth Dock
Brunswick Business Park, looking south
site of the former Harrington Dock
the Pier Head from across the river
Liverpool skyline
Liverpool skyline
the art deco Crowne Plaza Hotel
the original terminal building Liverpool Airport
interior, Crowne Plaza Hotel
art deco feature, David Lloyd fitness centre
formerly No 1 Hangar Liverpool Airport
transport of delight
Liverpool
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City comprises six related areas in the city and was awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO in 2004. The six areas comprise - the Pier Head, Albert Dock, Stanley Dock Conservation Area, Duke Street Conservation Area, Castle Street Conservation Area, and William Brown Street Conservation Area - containing many Grade I, Grade II*, and Grade II listed buildings. In 2012 Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City was placed by UNESCO on the List of World Heritage in Danger following concerns about the proposed development of Liverpool Waters to the north of the Pier Head, and a warning that World Heritage Site status was at risk was made by UNESCO in 2017. Liverpool Waters and other subsequent developments lead to the World Heritage Committee concluding in July 2021 that, due to the irreversible loss of attributes conveying the outstanding universal value of the property, Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City should be deleted from the World Heritage List.
all photographs © Mike Ingham except others © where shown
(photographs taken in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021)
this page last updated 25 September 2025
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