Liverpool Town Hall

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Find out more

Liverpool Town Hall, located at the junction of High Street, Dale Street, Castle Street, and Water Street, is a magnificent Georgian civic building completed in 1754 to designs by architect John Wood the Elder. Described as "one of the finest surviving 18th-century town halls" and designated Grade I listed, the building represents an outstanding and complete example of late Georgian decoration, with what critics consider probably the grandest suite of civic rooms in the country. Originally built between 1749 and 1754 to replace an earlier town hall, the structure was significantly altered following a fire in 1795, with architect James Wyatt adding a northern extension in 1785 and designing the dome rebuilt after the fire. Today the ground floor houses the city council chamber and a Hall of Remembrance for First World War servicemen, while the upper floors contain elaborately decorated rooms used for civic events and functions, including weddings.