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Liverpool Leasing

Did You Know?

Liverpool is famed for its connection with pop music and football. But did you know that the world’s first passenger railway line was introduced in the city and that it’s also home to the largest cathedral in the UK?

Located on the eastern side of the Mersey River in northwest England, the city has a population of 478,580, and is part of a metropolitan area with 2.24 million residents.

The city experienced slow population growth until the late 1600s and early 1700s. Liverpool owes its dramatic growth during this period to the fact that the nearby River Dee became an silted.  Since Roman times, the port city of Chester and the River Dee had been used used maritime trade. When larger ships could no longer sail into Chester, they switched to the port River Mersey.

Paving their way as innovators, the world’s first wet dock was completed in Liverpool in 1715. Thomas Steers’ Dock – now referred to as the Old Dock – led to Liverpool becoming European leaders in dock trade. The 3.5-acre dock was constructed by building walls in a natural tide pool, which was ultimately where the ‘pool’ of Liverpool’s name came from.

Liverpool's growth as a large port was matched by the growth of the city during the Industrial Revolution. It was most famous as a port during the late 19th and early 20th century. It is also famous because of its football teams, Everton F.C. and Liverpool F.C

While visitors flock in their millions to witness the prehistoric ring of Stonehenge, Liverpool actually has its own set of stones which were once a part of a chartered tomb. The six sandstone blocks, known as The Calderstones and now housed in Calderstones Park, are believed to be Neolithic and constructed before Stonehenge, at some point between 10,000 BC–4500 BC

Chiming in at 2′6″ bigger than Big Ben’s, the clock faces on the Royal Liver Building are firmly bigger than any in the country! The Royal Liver Building on Liverpool’s historic waterfront, along with its two liver birds, is Grade I listed and arguably.

St George’s Hall sits just opposite Liverpool Lime Street station and it’s easily one of the most interesting places in Liverpool. Besides from its majestic neoclassical architecture and impressive Corinthian columns, the Grade I listed building is the location of the world’s very first air-conditioning system. the most iconic in the city skyline.

London and Manchester might host the UK’s biggest Chinatowns, but Liverpool takes the prize for the oldest. The city has had a thriving Chinese community for centuries thanks to its historic trading links which attracted sailors, traders and immigrants from all over the globe.