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Albert Dock

Description: The Albert Dock is Britain's most popular heritage attraction and three times winner of the Best Large Attraction in ... more

Albert Dock ... the North West award. The Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AD. Telephone: 0151 708 8854

Newest Review: ... how Fred used to manage it. Apart from the “This Morning” thing, the Albert Dock houses many highly priced tourist shops, home made fudge, expensive clothes etc. There are a few bars with pretentious Jazz music and they’re the kind of places frequented by the Aintree crowd come Grand National day. The Tate art gallery is housed on the second floor in one of the old ... more

... warehouses if that’s your bag baby. Sometimes you can look and be quite impressed that the modern art on display is thankfully nothing like the Turner Prize entrants. At other times, you can visit and see canvasses with plastic rats stuck on them and p...more

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Albert Dock: Give the Dock a Wide Berth (327 words)
by - written on 08/07/01 (Very useful, 88 readings)
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I lived in Liverpool for 5 years and one of the first things I learned is that only tourists go to the Albert Dock. In the heady days of This Morning (before it left for the evil south east), you could watch all the tourists walking up to the window and sticking their faces against the glass so they could look like mutants on national TV. I did however have the uncommon privilege of having stood on the weather map. I didn’t jump to Ireland though and I have no idea how Fred used to manage it. Apart from the “This Morning” thing, the Albert Dock houses many highly priced tourist shops, home made fudge, expensive clothes etc. There are a few ... Read the complete review

The Beatles Story at Albert Dock (238 words)
by - written on 31/05/01 (Useful, 44 readings)
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I have recently been to the exhibition of the Beatles Story which is situated in the Britannia Pavilion part of Liverpools magnificent Albert Dock regeneration. The Albert Dock itself is huge a set of former warehouses which have been converted into a number of bars, restaurants and cafes. A visit to the Beatles Story then can be done in conjunction with a bigger day out or perhaps if some of your group want to do something else you can split up, do different things and meet again. Although many peoples musical tastes have moved on from The Beatles their story is one that started the whole British pop scene and it ceased to be dominated by copies of American ... Read the complete review

Albert Dock: A Great Day Out. (538 words)
by - written on 16/05/01 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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The first time we visited the Albert Dock at Liverpool was when I won a competition in one of our local newspapers for a family ticket to the Beatles Story Exhibition, plus free train travel to and from Liverpool. As we walked through Liverpool from the train station we already realised what a wonderful city Liverpool seemed to be, with a great shopping centre and very friendly local people. When we arrived at the Albert Dock we were very pleasantly surprised. We expected the Beatles Story to be the main attraction at the Dock, but in fact it is only one of many interesting and varied places to see and visit around the Dock. Of course the River ... Read the complete review