Europe > United Kingdom > Liverpool: Weather, Climate and Travel Guide

Located in the northwest of England, on the estuary of the Mersey, and third largest city in the country, Liverpool has just under 500 000 inhabitants. It has an important port, which gives him the second place in the country's economy after London, Liverpool and some neighborhoods are further classified world heritage of UNESCO, explaining its undeniable tourist attraction. Liverpool is also associated to the Beatles and the music-related industry. The city enjoys a temperate maritime climate type, with cool summers and mild winters. It is served by an airport that connects it to various European capitals, but you can also get there by bus from most major British cities by train from London or Manchester, or by ferry from Douglas on the Isle of Man, Dublin or Belfast. On site bus, subway and taxi facilitate your travels. What to see in Liverpool? The Albert Dock, classified and rehabilitated former warehouses, now home to museums, cafes, and shops, a very specific universe which you will appreciate the melancholy charm; Mathew Street, emblematic place dedicated to the Beatles, who sees unfold festive events in their honor every August; the Walker Art Gallery, beautiful place exhibition "Pre-Raphaelite works, the Liverpool Museum with its planetarium and exhibitions devoted to natural history and archeology; Lime Street, the former red light district, now a street main showpiece for the city with the St. George's Hall and its neoclassical architecture, the Metropolitan Cathedral, Catholic, and Liverpool Cathedral, the Anglican, each in their own style, modern for the first and for the second neogothic. You may like to attend a football match, a real institution in the city, or distract you after nightfall in the many pubs or discotheques, which often bear witness to the dawn of night dynamism of the city.