Liverpool Anglican Cathedral (Liverpool)

My relationship with Liverpool Cathedral goes back a long time. Since I was a child I have been aware of this magnificient building dominating the skyline of Liverpool. My Dad took me in there first when I was about five. I read in there at a huge children's service when I was nine. (Quaking in my Clarkes Wayfinders.) When I was a police cadet I read the Gospel for the annual police service. Imagine me, stood in my best police dress uniform under one of the sets of organ pipes. (The largest organ in the world!) The organist was practising the introit and about half a pound of dust blasted from the pipes and settled on us! Marvellous! I was so busy laughing ...  Read the complete review

I was lucky enough to graduate in this amazing building. It's cavernous, gothic, beautiful and a real symbol of Liverpool. It's less than a mile from the 'other' cathedral - Paddy's Wig Wam - the catholic cathedral. You can visit the cathedral and just go in and donate as you choose or you can go up to the roof - choose a clear day and you can see for miles (not recommended for the unfit or elderly though, it's fairly steep walk up!). You can see the skyline of Liverpool, over the water to the Wirral and even to the Welsh hills. The cathedral has a gift shop and a cafe - which is really nice, well recommended. Very nice cups of tea, cakes, sarnies ...  Read the complete review

Imposing and demanding of awe and respect, this building is opposite my university (LIPA) so I see it daily. At night and when it is misty it can be eerie, and you can also see it clearly from Birkenhead over the water. I have been inside and the cafe is really nice, there are two actually and both are good. They have a gift shop and often have exhibitions on. Paul McCartney has hosted two classical music performances here so it can't be bad!! There is also a standard size red phone box inside, which is the smallest invention of the man who designed the biggest cathedral, or one of the biggest at least, in Europe. The organ is also the second largest in Europe and ...  Read the complete review

Before I take you along with me on a journey through Liverpool cathedral, I have to introduce one important caveat. I am not religious and I know very little about religion, churches and cathedrals. I rarely frequent religious establishments, not because I dislike them, but purely because I feel like I do not belong in them, like I should not be visiting them if I do not understand much about Christianity and have not officially joined any one religion. It is for this reason that I am a little intimidated to review Liverpool Cathedral, a place that John Betjeman rightly termed "One of the great buildings of the world." ***Drawn to Liverpool ...  Read the complete review

John Betjeman once described Liverpool Anglican Cathedral as 'one of the great buildings of the world' and it is great. It is the largest cathedral in Britain and 5th largest in the world. The sandstone neo-gothic structure is a formidable sight on the Liverpool skyline. The cathedral possesses the highest gothic arches and the bells in the tower have the highest and heaviest peal in the world. There are two pipe organs in the Cathedral. The Grand Organ is the largest in the United Kingdom and probably the largest operational organ in the world with 9765 pipes. Despite these impressive features an overseas friend of mine, during the course of a guided tour of the city, ...  Read the complete review