Cathedral · Liverpool · Merseyside

Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral is a cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool, Merseyside. It holds the status of a Grade I listed building. Nearby, Walker Art Gallery (1.5 km) heads a list of 64 within 15 km.

Photo: Liverpool Cathedral, calflier001 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Liverpool

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 2%

#107 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Cathedral in Liverpool

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#107 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (28 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Liverpool

Liverpool Cathedral is inside Liverpool’s built-up area, with 43 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Liverpool has 1,525 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

The warmest afternoons in Liverpool run June to September, at 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°76 mm

Feb8° / 3°61 mm

Mar11° / 4°54 mm

Apr13° / 6°57 mm

May17° / 9°58 mm

Jun19° / 11°67 mm

Jul21° / 13°76 mm

Aug21° / 13°78 mm

Sep18° / 11°81 mm

Oct14° / 8°90 mm

Nov11° / 5°86 mm

Dec8° / 3°87 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Liverpool, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Liverpool. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Liverpool’s full climate →

About

Liverpool Cathedral

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 28 languages.

Liverpool’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 28 languages
Town: in Liverpool
Official site: liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Use the numbers to match each place near Liverpool Cathedral with the list.

Towns near it

Towns near Liverpool Cathedral

Home to 506,564 people, Liverpool is the largest of these 8. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Liverpool

506,564 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km west of it

Birkenhead

109,854 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km west of it

Wallasey

85,619 people · 43 places to visit

4 · 3.6 km south of it

Bebington

57,607 people · 49 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Liverpool Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Liverpool	It’s in town	506,564	61
Birkenhead	2.3 km west of it	109,854	49
Wallasey	2.8 km west of it	85,619	43
Bebington	3.6 km south of it	57,607	49
Bootle	4.9 km north of it	53,722	39
Huyton with Roby	8.5 km east of it	59,844	16
Litherland	8.6 km north of it	18,752	3
Barnston	8.7 km southwest of it	661	6

Make a day of it

Close to Liverpool Cathedral

Within 15 km you can add 4 museums, 3 art galleries and a cathedral.

Art galleryWalker Art Gallery1.5 km away · 338K visitors a year 2

CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King900 m away 3

Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool1.5 km away · 540K visitors a year 4

Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool1.5 km away · 606K visitors a year 5

Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum1.4 km away · 945K visitors a year 6

MuseumU-boat Story2.4 km away 7

Art galleryLady Lever Art Gallery4.9 km away 8

MuseumInternational Slavery Museum1.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about Liverpool Cathedral

Where is Liverpool Cathedral?

Liverpool Cathedral is in Liverpool, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Liverpool Cathedral?

Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Liverpool Cathedral?

June to September are the warmest months in Liverpool, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Liverpool Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Liverpool Cathedral?

Within 15 km: Walker Art Gallery (1.5 km), Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (900 m), Tate Liverpool (1.5 km) and World Museum Liverpool (1.5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Liverpool Cathedral: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Walker Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Liverpool: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
World Museum Liverpool: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Merseyside Maritime Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
U-boat Story: Paul adams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Lady Lever Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
International Slavery Museum: en:User:Tony Corsini, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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