The Anonymous Widower

It Was A Good Day Out!

In my view, Liverpool is always one of the best days out in the UK.  It is an easy train journey from London. I went First Class, but a ticket in Standard costs fifty one pounds with Virgin Trains, if you book a few days before.

The three exhibitions; St. George’s Hall, Tom Murphy and the Chagall cost me four pounds for entry in total (I’m a Member at the Tate in London) and my only other expenses were lunch at Carluccio’s and a sandwich and a drink for the journey home in Marks and Spencer.

The walking was easy, as it’s gently downhill from the station and St. George’s Hall to the Pier Head, the Ferries and the museums there.

Even walking back up isn’t a steep climb, but it is totally pedestrianised and if you know Liverpool like I do, you can even cross into the station by a subway and an escalator. Or should I say, you normally can, but at present the underground part of Lime Street station is being refurbished.  This refurbishment will also mean you can get the train back to the main station using James Street station at the Pier Head.

If you want to visit the cathedrals and the University, there is a bus at the Pier Head, which takes you right up the hill.  So it’s then an easy walk downhill back to the station.

If ever a city, was laid out for visitors, it is Liverpool. It’s also difficult to get lost as generally from most of the city centre, you can see the cathedrals and/or the Liver Building.

There are lots of finger posts, but a few maps and better information on the buses would be a great help for visitors.

August 9, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel, World | Liverpool, Trains