Cancel

    Open app

    Search

    Liverpool Cathedral

    4.5 (32 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

    Liverpool Cathedral Photos

    Recommended Reviews - Liverpool Cathedral

    Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
    Yelp app icon
    Browse more easily on the app
    Review Feed Illustration

    Reviews With Photos

    Thomas M.

    Impressive cathedral, a bit glum. The size of the building is nothing less than stunning. It's the largest cathedral in England IIRC. That alone makes it worth visiting. It's hardly less impressive on the inside - there are a lot of beautiful objects: stone figures, altars, memorial tablets - you name it. I should clarify that my interest in churches is solely motivated by their architectural history/beauty and the objects inside - I'm not a believer. While the building is truly magnificent, it's not what I would call "a friendly-looking cathedral". I.e., from the outside it looks like a huge sarcophagus. And it's rather dark inside, too. One of those churches that have a rather intimidating, forbidding atmosphere. I have visited many cathedrals in England, from Norwich and Peterborough to Colchester, Leeds, Manchester, Worcester and Gloucester, but my favorite is the wonderful Ely Cathedral - if you only have time to visit one cathedral in England, make it Ely. But Liverpool is pretty high up on that list, too. The church hosts a lot of concerts and other local/regional events. When I was visiting, they were rehearsing a concert for a local school. The acoustics in this place are pretty fabulous. Of course the entry is free, and you can also take any pictures you want.

    See all

    5 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of David J.
    96
    2344
    11912

    18 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Richard F.
    153
    2661
    11705

    9 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Thomas M.
    28
    578
    5069

    11 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    16 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    17 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    17 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Jane T.
    24
    1521
    3389

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    17 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    17 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    The Anglican is indeed stunning and is very inviting.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    16 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    19 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    It's absolutely huge but really very ugly. the Catholic cathedral is far more beautiful and atmospheric.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    Liverpool Cathedral Reviews in Other Languages

    Review Highlights - Liverpool Cathedral

    The first part of the church to be built was the Lady Chapel, completed in 1910, using traditional church building techniques in stone.

    Mentioned in 3 reviews

    Read more highlights

    Verify this business for free

    Get access to customer & competitor insights.

    Verify this business

    St Luke's Church

    St Luke's Church

    4.2(19 reviews)
    0.5 km

    I cannot believe I found this place. Seriously, this was one of the most pleasant surprises of my…read moreLiverpool trip. We were just walking from our hostel to the city center to find a nice spot to have a drink, it was about 8pm, and most of the city looked empty (which we thought it was very strange). From out of nowhere we see this church-like building but it seems like there is a music, perhaps a movie soundtrack coming out of it. Oh wait, are those lights? It was so intriguing and confusing we decided to walk in and see for ourselves. OMG, this exists? A church that lost their ceiling and they know use it to host open-air movie sessions, concerts and exhibitions? But how is the ceiling gone but the walls are intact. We were so impressed that took mental notes from the place and went to research about it later. We found out the St Luke's Church was built in the early 1800's but it was damaged and remains roofless since the Liverpool Blitz in 1941. The place is really interesting and if you are more courageous (or lucky) than we were you will be able to spend a couple of hours here enjoying a nice cultural activity, but since it was about -2º we decided to walk some place warmer - maybe next time.

    St Luke's is a prominent landmark in central Liverpool, situated at the entrance to Liverpool's…read moreChinatown, it's Gothic architecture looking somewhat incongruous next to the Chinese gateway close by. The strong perpendicular lines are softened by a small garden and trees and bushes around the site, not to say an impressive wall with Gothic detailing. The church was designed by John Foster, and although work commenced in 1802, it was not consecrated until 1831, the final work having been carried out by his son. The style is a florid but striking Perpendicular Gothic, with elaborate pinnacles on the nave buttresses, and octagonal pinnacles rising above the chancel. Both church and the surrounding walls are Grade II* listed buildings. But it's not until you get up close that you realise that the church is just a shell, a victim of a fire-bomb in an air-raid on 5th May 1941. Never fully repaired, the walls are intact, but roofless and windowless. The site is still consecrated as a church, and the venue for various arts events, but in the main it stands as a sort of unofficial war memorial to the estimated 2,500 who lost their lives in the 1941 Liverpool Blitz.

    Photos
    St Luke's Church - Night frontal view, up close.

    Night frontal view, up close.

    St Luke's Church - Outside

    Outside

    St Luke's Church - Majestic exterior.

    See all

    Majestic exterior.

    St Philip Neri

    St Philip Neri

    5.0(3 reviews)
    0.4 km

    This is a GORGEOUS church. Where do I start? The beautiful gardens? The ornate architecture? It…read moremight be little but what it lacks in size it makes up for in sheer eye candy. Incorporating carvings of the Madonna with child, Christ and a life-size Last Supper, this is a visual spectacle. Catharine Street is a very picturesque little area, and this church is home to the Liverpool universities' Roman Catholic Chaplaincy. Built somewhere between 1914 and 1920, the focus here is on sculpture and the name 'Saint Neri' came from Philip Neri having founded the original Oratory church in Rome. It's a Grade II listed building and recently obtained a grant amounting to £72,000 for the purpose of repairing water damage to the stunning mosaic tiles. You must explore the garden if you get a chance, it's been so beautifully done. The whole thing is a treat for the sentences and so very cute you might well sigh.

    Despite being named after a man who sounded like the most odious kind of estate agent, the church…read moreof St Philip Neri is a surprising nook of exotic tranquility that sits on Catherine Street surrounded by mansions of Georgian splendour. A huge brick representation of the Last Supper dominates the facade of the building, but inside the atmosphere is much cooler, both in temperature and in the way the Fonz would use it. To the right of the main entrance is a tiny chapel of blue mosaic tiles, where the light spilling through the little window gives the impression you're underwater, preferably somewhere in the tropics. It may just be the most relaxing place I've ever stood. Outside, the gardens (or El Jardin della Nuestra Senora) feel strangely foreign, like the kind of serene place in Greece or Italy you'd stroll around amid the buzz of cicadas. It's just a shame you can see English traffic grumbling past.

    Photos
    St Philip Neri
    St Philip Neri
    St Philip Neri

    See all

    St Nicholas Church Gardens

    St Nicholas Church Gardens

    4.8(4 reviews)
    1.8 km

    St Nicholas' Church couldn't be anything other than 'The Sailor's Church'. Although mere feet from…read moreoffices crammed with PCs and juddering printers, stepping into the gardens here is like stepping into a hardier, more windswept corner of the city. Seagulls whirl and screech overhead and the wind comes whipping into your eyes from across the river. Until 1767, when Georges Dock was built (now crushed beneath the Liver Building), the tide used to lap against the churchyard's outer wall, a spot now occupied by the thundering traffic of the Strand. In 1849, it was closed to burials and now stands as a windswept patch of grass to suddenly find yourself on during bleak afternoons.

    If you want to see the Docks and the Liver Buildings from a different perspective then this little…read morechurch garden is a great space to come and reflect, on a lunch break or when you have a spare second. The views are magnificent with a clash of the old and the new on the skyline. St Nicholas is the Saint of Sailors (ahoy there!) and from its foundations up it is a beautiful piece of architecture which has been around one way or another since medieval times. Apparently, pre-Liver Buildings (can you imagine the Liverpool skyline without it?) before a Dock was built the Mersey waters used to lap against the wall surrounding the garden at high-tide! They also have a statue dedicated to the victims of the Blitz here which is worth seeing. I discovered this place at sunset... the sun setting the buildings aflame with an orange glow. It's a great time to see the city from here.

    Photos
    St Nicholas Church Gardens
    St Nicholas Church Gardens
    St Nicholas Church Gardens

    See all

    Liverpool Cathedral - churches - Updated May 2026

    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...