Highlights
This tour will take you round the original seven streets of Liverpool and explore the banks, offices and very streets that the slavers walked and conducted their everyday business. Visit places where slaves were traded on the streets of Liverpool and even visit a pub that existed in the days of the early slave traders. The whole of Liverpool was mortgaged for £10,000 to fund the construction of the world’s first commercial tidal dock. Learn how this was a major turning point for Liverpool. See some of the places where slaves were sold in Liverpool and newspaper adverts announcing the sale. Take a walk along Castle Street (one of the original streets of Old Liverpool) and see the building where the only branch of the Bank of England existed outside of London. Such was Liverpool’s dominance of the transatlantic slave trade that one in five African captives crossing the ocean was carried in a Liverpool slave ship. Come to Liverpool and Discover. Minimum booking is for 2 people
About This Deal
Departure Point
- On the river side of the Liver Buildings at the Pier Head in Liverpool. Your guide will have signage indicating the meeting point.
Return Details
- At the site of Liverpool's Old Dock, Thomas Steers Way, in the L1 shopping centre.
Duration
2 hours
Languages Available
- Human tour guide - English
Points of Interest
Stop At: Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Church and Garden
Chapel Street, Old Churchyard, Mersey Chambers, Liverpool
Many Slave Traders worshipped at this church and were buried in the church yard. Find out about the lives of these traders.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hargreaves Building
Chapel Street, Liverpool
Learn about the Cotton Broker and Banker William Brown who founded the Bank of Liverpool and Brown & Shipley Merchant Bankers.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Tithebarn Street
Tithebarn House Tithebarn Street, Liverpool
Visit Rumford Place and the Confederate Embassy of the American Civil War. Learn how Bulloch set up his network of spies in Liverpool and how the Confederate armies were supplied with weapons and ships.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Cotton Exchange Building
Old Hall Street, Liverpool
Discover how Liverpool was the world leader in cotton trading and how the "Liverpool Rules" still exist today. Learn how cotton trading build the wealth of Liverpool and its merchants.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Exchange Flags
The original "Exchange" where traders carried out their business and where slaves were sold. See the Nelson Monument and hear about its history and meaning.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Memorial to Sir Alfred Lewis Jones
Pier Head, Liverpool
Learn how Sir Alfred Jones obtained his vast wealth and the monopoly of the Elder Dempster Shipping Line. Learn about his philanthropy and how he funded the setting up of the School of Tropical Medicine.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Dale Street
Dale Street, Liverpool
Visit the Business and Banking sector of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool and learn how the bankers became wealthy on the back of the American trade that enabled them to build such richly designed buildings for their banking houses. See the Martins Bank Building, the old Bank of Liverpool Building.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Castle Street
Castle Street, Liverpool
See some of Liverpool's 18th Century Streets that still exist and escaped the demolition during the widening of Dale Street in Victorian times. Visit a public house that existed (and was probably visited) by Liverpool's early slave traders in 1726 (and maybe enjoy a drink there). Walk some narrow streets and passageways from Old Liverpool.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Queen Victoria Monument
1 Derby Square, Liverpool
Learn about the buildings on Castle Street - how they were connected to merchants and slavery and see the building that housed the first branch of the Bank of England outside of London.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Liverpool Town Hall
Town Hall High Street, Liverpool
Visit the place where Liverpool Castle once stood before being demolished in 1726. Learn about St George's Church that was built on the site and was the place of worship for Liverpool mayors and town councillors.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Graving Dock
Pier Head, Liverpool
The Mansion House of Liverpool's Lord Mayor. Learn how the building was funded and what it was used for. See the fabulous architecture and decoration. See depictions of African people on the frieze.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Merseyside Maritime Museum
Albert Dock, , Liverpool
After a slave ship had completed the arduous and terrible journey from Liverpool to Africa then to America and back to Liverpool, the ship would be in poor shape and require refitting. This was done in what are called Graving Docks. The original graving docks from mid 1700's remain in Liverpool and are visited on this tour.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Salthouse Dock
Strand Street, Liverpool
Pass by Merseyside Maritime Museum that houses the International Slavery Museum. This can be visited free of charge at the end of your tour.
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: Thomas Steers Way
Liverpool One , Liverpool
See the Salthouse and Canning Docks that were built in swift succession to Liverpool's Old dock in order to accommodate the rapidly increasing trade with America. Some parts of these docks were constructed using the massive stones from Liverpool Castle. You will be treading on the cobbles and stones that slave traders and merchants trod when attending to their ship's cargo.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: James Street
James Street, Liverpool
See the place where Liverpool's Old Dock was built by Thomas Steers in 1715. It was the building of this dock that enabled Liverpool to exploit it's position on the map and develop the African and Transatlantic trade that brought incredible wealth. It is possible to see part of the old dock through an observation window set in the ground and by prior arrangement have a guided tour of the actual dock.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Liverpool Water Street
Water Street, Liverpool
Walk through some of the back streets of Victorian Liverpool and take in the classic architecture of the old banking houses and visit a modern sculpture that enigmatically evokes the slave house on Goree Island.
Duration: 10 minutes
Additional Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- All Fees and Taxes
Voucher Info
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
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