Church Street is a street in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
, England, lying between
Bold Street to the east and
Lord Street to the west. It is the main shopping area of Liverpool and takes its name from
St Peter's Church, which was demolished in 1922.
The side streets to the north of Church Street lead to
Williamson Square, while the
Grade I listed
Bluecoat Chambers—the oldest surviving building in Liverpool—is to the south along Church Alley. The
Liverpool Athenaeum
The Athenaeum is a private members club in Liverpool, England. The club was founded to ensure the up-to-date provision of newspapers and pamphlets, and to create a library for the use of the merchants and professional men in the city. The orig ...
, an institution founded in the 18th century, is also on Church Alley. The area behind the shops on the south side of Church Street is now part of the
Liverpool One shopping complex, which opened in October 2008 after the redevelopment of a large part of the
L1 postcode area (hence the name).
References
External links
A short film showing Church Street in 1897
{{Roads in Liverpool
Shopping streets in Liverpool