24 hours in… LIVERPOOL
Liverpool was granted a Royal Charter in 1207, yet it was another 500 years before it emerged as a key port town. Ideally placed on the mouth of the River Mersey, routes between Ireland, the US and the Caribbean transported wool, iron, sugar and more. It wasn’t until the expansion of the cotton trade in nearby Manchester during the Industrial Revolution that Liverpool grew to become Britain’s second largest port.
Rapid expansion in the second half of the 19th century saw iconic buildings spring up and the
