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Being close to the sea, in times past Liverpool’s sea trade brought massive riches into the city, however, since the decline of the shipping industry, Liverpool has gone from strength to strength, it is home to the legendary pop band ‘The Beatles’ and houses two of the most popular football clubs in the country, being Liverpool FC and Everton FC. There are however, many, many more things that Liverpool has to offer.

Liverpool boasts the largest Anglican cathedral in Britain ‘The Liverpool Cathedral’ and also the ‘Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King’, the ultra modern Catholic church nearby. The Albert Dock is a massive attraction, containing masses of speciality stores, numerous restaurants and bars, also ‘The Beatles Story’, the Merseyside Maritime Museum, the Merseyside Tate Gallery and the Museum of Liverpool Life.

This great city is famous for its large selection of entertainment available, if you’re a fan of The Beatles, then why not take a tour of the buildings and venues associated with the fab four. There are also institutes such as the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, offering an experience in contemporary drama and music. The Liverpool playhouse and Studio is a well recommended place to visit for people who wish to sample a mixture of modern and classical theatre, it is proudly the oldest continuing repertory theatre in Britain. The city is also packed full of pubs and clubs, bars, music venues, and café’s.

As far as architecture is concerned, all the famous buildings in the city are monumental in design, two of which already mentioned are the cathedrals. The "Three Graces" comprising the Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building, form one of the most instantly recognisable examples of waterfront architecture in the world. Probably the most famous of the three is the Liver Building. Erected between 1908 and 1911 and designed by W Aubrey Thomas, it stands at a massive 11 storeys and is now a grade 1 listed building. The dials on the clock faces crowning the building are impressively larger than Big Bens in London, and perched on top are the city’s famous Liver Birds.

For visitors wishing for a more relaxing atmosphere, Liverpool has plenty of soothing parkland, the more popular being Calderstones Park, containing old English and Japanese Gardens, Greenbank Park and Otterspool Park, which offer magnificent views across the river Mersey and Clark Gardens, which has its own pets corner.

Liverpool hosts a wide range of yearly events. The Mersey River Festival being one. Also are the Royal Philharmonic Summer Pops and the International Beatles Week, which attracts bands and fans from all over the world. More youth orientated events include the musical extravaganza of Creamfields, which generally takes place late August.
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