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Synopsis
Step beyond the Royal Albert Dock. Wander past the postcard sights. Discover the Liverpool that hides in plain sight. Let Secret Liverpool: An Unusual Guide lead you far from the familiar crowds of Mathew Street and Anfield Stadium. This captivating, alternative guidebook uncovers the city’s most intriguing corners - the quirky architecture, eccentric museums, mysterious underground spaces, and enchanting green hideaways. Discover the Old Docks which was rediscovered during the excavations for Liverpool ONE, the catalyst for Liverpool’s fortune. Uncover Quaker Burial Ground where you will find a concealed burial ground maintained by a band of volunteers dedicated to its preservation as a garden. With over 150 unusual and unfamiliar places, this is the perfect companion for curious travellers, city explorers, and people who think they’ve seen it all. Whether you love mysterious underground worlds, peaceful secret gardens, or wonderfully strange museums, you’ll find something unforgettable:- Discover MacKenzie’s Pyramid, a tall granite pyramid marking the resting place of William MacKenzie, a millionaire who made a fortune excavating the Edge Lane to Lime Street tunnel and building railways across Europe.
- Visit Garstang’s Museum where you will find a hidden treasure trove of archaeological delights with the Garstang’s Mummy.
- Enjoy Wirral Transport Museum which contains a unique collection of vintage trams, buses, cars and motor cycles.
- Marvel at Resurgam, a reconstruction of the world’s first motorised submarine. It was built at Birkenhead in 1879 at a cost of £1,538 (over £103,000 at today’s prices).
- Stroll around Sudley House, built for Mayor Nicholas Robinson in the early 19th century, which became the home of the Holt family in 1884. Why You’ll Love Secret Liverpool:
- Over 150 quirky, surprising, and little-known places
- Perfect for curious travellers, locals, and armchair explorers
- Packed with insider tips from local expert Mike Keating who has lived and worked in Liverpool their whole life
- A celebration of Liverpool hidden stories, oddities, and forgotten corners
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About the Author
Born and educated in Liverpool, Mike Keating continues to live in the city centre, where he maintains a keen interest in local heritage and the city's history. He is a retired university lecturer and writer with a short acting and directing career at the Unity Theatre and an even shorter one as a cartoonist on the Liverpool Echo.
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Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd ed. Let Secret Liverpool guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Liverpool guide book, now in its 2nd edition. Featuring over 20 new locations, our local expert, Mike Keating, will show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 160 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Liverpool guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Discover for yourself the haunts of slave traders, privateers and press-gangs, the hideaway of a suspected assassin and the desecrated grave of a self-professed Jack the Ripper, track down the birthplace of rail travel and the oldest pavilion at a first-class cricket ground, marvel at a lifesize replica of the world's first submarine and the original home of the Epsom Derby, be gobsmacked by burial stones older than Stonehenge and one of the earliest human settlements to be found anywhere in the UK, take a turn on John Lennon's first musical instrument and snigger at the sight of Queen Victoria's dildo, meet toads that sing, World War II's best-kept secret and the world's first (and smallest) skyscraper, toast the UK's greatest female athlete in a brew named in her honour or go for a spin on the only purpose-built F1 race track in the country.For tourists and locals who have outgrown Hop on Hop off bus excursions, river cruises and Beatles tours, Secret Liverpool - An unusual guide is an indispensable guide to the curiosities of 'England's finest Victorian city', designed for people who prefer to customise their own itinerary or simply wander where the mood takes them.Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Liverpool travel guide book corresponds to a different part of the city so that one can always find a hidden or secret place to discoverPerfectly planned walks - Make sure that you do not miss any Secret location, by discovering each one featured in this guide by planning a walking tour of each part of the city. Seller Inventory # LU-9782361957216
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