Getting There

 

CLICK on the icons above for information on getting to Liverpool by train, plane, coach, car and boat. Click on the taxi for information about travelling around the city.

Liverpool's main train station, Lime Street, was one of the first in the world. There is generally an hourly service from London.

Liverpool John Lennon Airport, with its new terminal, is around eight miles from the city centre. Its has scheduled flights to and from cities around Europe, including London.

Liverpool, Britain's No.1 West Coast city, is linked to the motorway network by the M62.

Ten Offbeat Reasons to make the journey to Liverpool:
1. Audition for Hollyoaks
2. See kangaroos, at Knowsley Safari Park
3. Play quoits at the Childwall Abbey
4. Go underground at the mysterious Williamson Tunnels
5. It's just 100 miles from Ireland
6. Only 20 miles from Wales
7. Visit European Capital of Culture 2008 before Liverpool becomes spoilt
8. Form a troupe of bricklaying ballet dancers
9. Take elocution classes
10. To understand why the great Italian composer Donizetti set an opera in Liverpool. Emilia di Liverpool was first performed in Naples in 1824 and later moved to Venice and Paris.

Liverpool is Britain's Most Fascinating City. Now travel around the rest of this website - and be nice to everyone you meet.