The Mercure Liverpool Atlantic Tower Hotel (previously known as ''Atlantic Tower Hotel (The Hotel Collection), Thistle Liverpool, Thistle Atlantic Tower'' or the ''Thistle Hotel'') is a large 4-star hotel located in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Opened in 1972, it is situated on Chapel Street next to
Saint Nicholas' Church and near the
Royal Liver Building
The Royal Liver Building is a Grade I listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head and along with the neighbouring Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building is one of Liverpool's '' Three Graces'', which line the ...
on the city's famous
Pier Head
The Pier Head (properly, George's Pier Head) is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England. It was part of the former Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was inscribed in 2004, but revoked in ...
.
The building was designed to resemble the prow of a ship to reflect Liverpool's maritime history.
Gallery
File:HotelinLiverpool.jpg, The Thistle Atlantic Tower
File:AtlanticStNicholas.jpg, The hotel at night, Saint Nicholas' Church can be seen to the right
File:Atlantic Tower Hotel and St. Nicholas' Church - geograph.org.uk - 72620.jpg, The hotel with the Unity Buildings
The Unity Buildings in Liverpool, England consist of the 86 m (282 ft) tall Unity Residential and 64 m (210 ft) Unity Commercial. They are respectively 27 and 16 storeys tall and the city's eighth and thirteenth tallest bu ...
under-construction behind it
See also
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Architecture of Liverpool
The architecture of Liverpool is rooted in the city's development into a major port of the British Empire.Hughes (1999), p10 It encompasses a variety of architectural styles of the past 300 years, while next to nothing remains of its medieval ...
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Thistle Hotels
Thistle Hotels, run by glh., is a UK-based hotel company with a portfolio of 7 Central London hotels, one at London Heathrow and one in Dorset, operating in the three and four star sector.
History
It was set up by Scottish & Newcastle in 1965 ...
References
Hotels in Liverpool
Buildings and structures in Merseyside
Hotels established in 1972
Hotel buildings completed in 1972
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