Attraction · Liverpool · Merseyside

Royal Liver Building

Set in Liverpool, Royal Liver Building is an attraction. Nearby, 42 more places to visit are within 5 km. Top of the list nearby is Walker Art Gallery, 1.2 km away.

Where

In Liverpool

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Attraction in Liverpool

Inside Liverpool

Royal Liver Building is inside Liverpool’s built-up area, with 42 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Month by month in Liverpool

From June to September, Liverpool sees highs of 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

Royal Liver Building

Attraction.

In Liverpool, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Liverpool

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

The map

Mapping Royal Liver Building

Orange marks Royal Liver Building, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Royal Liver Building

Largest of the 5 is Liverpool, home to 506,564. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Liverpool

506,564 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km southwest of it

Birkenhead

109,854 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 1.2 km west of it

Wallasey

85,619 people · 43 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km north of it

Bootle

53,722 people · 39 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Royal Liver Building is	People	Places to visit
Liverpool	It’s in town	506,564	61
Birkenhead	1.1 km southwest of it	109,854	49
Wallasey	1.2 km west of it	85,619	43
Bootle	3.7 km north of it	53,722	39
Bebington	4.2 km south of it	57,607	49

Make a day of it

Close to Royal Liver Building

The 63 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 art galleries and 2 cathedrals.

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

Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool600 m away · 540K visitors a year 3

CathedralLiverpool Cathedral1.8 km away 4

CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King1.8 km away 5

Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum500 m away · 945K visitors a year 6

Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool1 km away · 606K visitors a year 7

MuseumU-boat Story1.5 km away 8

MuseumInternational Slavery Museum500 m away

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

Your questions on Royal Liver Building

Where is Royal Liver Building?

Royal Liver Building is in Liverpool, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Royal Liver Building?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Royal Liver Building?

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

What else is there to see near Royal Liver Building?

Within 15 km: Walker Art Gallery (1.2 km), Tate Liverpool (600 m), Liverpool Cathedral (1.8 km) and Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (1.8 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 (8)

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

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