Parking in Liverpool

• Q-Park Liverpool One (L1 8LT) is open 24/7, opposite the Royal Albert Dock and can be accessed via a tunnel from Strand Street. It’s close to Liverpool One, the Cavern Club and Tate Liverpool.
• Stanley Car Park (L4 0TQ) provides parking close to Anfield football stadium, home of Liverpool FC, as well as Stanley Park.
• Sefton Park Car Parking (L17 4JG) serves the vast Sefton Park. It’s also near Lark Lane, Liverpool’s most bohemian street.

Main roads and motorways in Liverpool

• The A561 connects Liverpool John Lennon Airport to the city centre, where the Mersey Tunnel travels west through Birkenhead on the Wirral.
• The M56 is 20 minutes south of Liverpool John Lennon Airport. It provides a useful route towards Chester Zoo and Wales in the west, or Manchester Airport in the east.
• The M6 runs north-to-south along Liverpool’s outskirts. It provides a simple route towards Preston, the Lake District National Park and Birmingham.

How to get from Liverpool Airport to Liverpool

It takes less than 30 minutes to drive the nine miles from Liverpool Airport to Liverpool One shopping centre.

1. Turn left out of the Hertz car park and take the fourth exit onto Speke Hall Avenue.
2. Take the third exit at the next roundabout, then turn left onto the A561.
3. At the New Mersey Retail Park roundabout, take the second exit.
4. Stay on this road for around three miles, then turn left onto Jericho Lane.
5. Use the second exit at the roundabout onto Riverside Drive.
6. Take the second exit at the next three roundabouts, to stay on Sefton Street.
7. Continue on the A5036 and stay on this road to arrive in Liverpool.

How to get from Liverpool Airport to Manchester

The most direct route from Liverpool Airport to central Manchester is via the M62. Use A561 and the Knowsley Expressway to reach the motorway.

Where to stay in Liverpool

Titanic Hotel Liverpool

Stanley Dock, Regent Road, Liverpool L3 0AN

Historic and atmospheric in equal measures, the Titanic Hotel Liverpool is set within a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Relax at the underground sanctuary, or simply kick back in a glamourous 56-square-metre converted warehouse suite, where the décor bears a nautical theme.

Hillbark Hotel and Spa

Royden Park, Frankby, Wirral, CH48 1NP

The nation’s smallest five-star hotel manages to cram an impressive two on-site restaurants and period hall into its grounds. It’s around 45 minutes from Liverpool Airport in a hire car and is surrounded by 250 acres of countryside. This wasn’t always true. The building was moved, brick by brick, from Birkenhead in 1928.

Cheshire Glamping at Lady Heyes

Lady Heyes, Kingsley Road, Frodsham WA6 6SU

Embracing adventure is easy when you experience glamping at Lady Heyes Holiday Park, where stagecoaches and pods provide a taste of luxury in the great outdoors. Amenities you’ll find during your stay include hot tubs, fire pits, TVs, Wi-Fi and fridges.

Best restaurants in Liverpool

Kasbah

72 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HR

Situated on Bold Street, one of Liverpool’s finest stretches of amazing restaurants, this Moroccan cafe-bazaar specialises in North African dishes. Expect to find healthy dishes packed with fragrant rice, meats, vegan couscous and mezze.

Hafla Hafla

73 Lark Lane, Liverpool L17 8UP

Liverpool’s colourful collection of suburban restaurants feature cuisine from across the globe. At Lark Lane’s Hafla Hafla, street food from the Middle East brings flourishing flavours to the table, with kebabs and falafels coated in Persian spices and served with tahini.

The Tavern Co

619-625 Smithdown Road, Liverpool L15 5AG

Famous for its supersize breakfasts, which attract timely queues, The Tavern Co is tucked away beside Smithdown Road and the famous Penny Lane. Expect American and Mexican-infused tastes, from quesadillas to Southern spiced fish and chips.

Best things to see and do in Liverpool

Royal Albert Dock

3-4 The Colonnades, Liverpool L3 4AA

A leisure complex set in a maze of transformed 19^th-century brick, the Royal Albert Dock is part of the city’s UNESCO World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City. After laying dormant for a decade, its renovation during the 1980s sparked a revival which now sees the Tate Liverpool, Museum of Liverpool, The Beatles Story, and the Wheel of Liverpool on the complex.

Sefton Park

Sefton Park, Liverpool L17 1AP

The Victorians’ love of parks and gardens left its mark on Liverpool – and nowhere is this clearer than at Sefton Park, a 200-acre oasis known for its Grade II-listed Palm House. Several pleasant walks can be had, sweeping through the indigenous trees and bright yellow daffodils next to the lake – a perfect way to spend an afternoon in the city.

Anfield

Anfield Road, Liverpool L4 0TH

Home of the city’s beloved Reds, Anfield Stadium offers pulsating excitement on matchdays. But live football is just one experience on offer. Drop into the Liverpool FC Story museum, book a meal in the Main Stand lounge, or get acquainted with one of the club’s heroes by browsing the Steven Gerrard Collection.