La Vida en Liverpool

London is famous for its rich and varied ethnicities and cultural differences. Every nook and corner in the city has its very own tale to tell. One of them is the Liverpool Street in the city of London. It is one of the busiest streets in London and is located in the north eastern part of the city of London. The Liverpool Street station or which is better known as the London Liverpool Street is the nearest and a very famous London Underground tube station.

Liverpool is also a city in England famous for its football club, beer brawls, very famous John Lennon airport, parks, museums and art galleries. Just along the east of Mersey Estuary, Liverpool was established as a metropolitan borough of Merseyside in England. Liverpool was later given the city status and the city has never looked back since. Liverpool has given birth to several football stars like Robbie Fowler, Tommy Smith, Steve Mc Manaman, Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrad and Wayne Rooney.

History
Liverpool was founded by King John in the year 1207 as the borough of Liverpool but by the end of the 18th century the borough of Liverpool was granted the status of a city.
The population of Liverpool is often referred to as the “Liverpudlians” and also known as the “Scousers”. The term “Scousers” has been taken from the local Liverpool dish called “scouse” which is nothing but a kind of stew. “Scouse” also describes Liverpool’s accent and dialect.

What is there for Tourists?
Attractions of Liverpool are quite popular amongst the tourists and some of the famous ones include:-

• Anfield Stadium and the Goodison Park – Legendary football parks owned by two world famous football clubs, Everton and Liverpool
• The Royal Liver building
• The Port of Liverpool
• Our Lady and St Nicholas Church , better known as the ‘sailors church’
• Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
• Victoria Street
• Castle Street and Water Street
• Liverpool Lime Street station and Liverpool Central are the nearest tube stations.

Hotels in Liverpool
Few famous hotels amongst the tourists are:-

• Crowne Plaza Liverpool - John Lennon Airport
  Right at the airport and its vicinity to David Lloyd Leisure Centre make it very happening.
• Marriott Liverpool City Centre
  Nearest hotel to the Liverpool lime street tube station. Famous for sports, beatlemania and crazy entertainment.
• Radisson SAS Liverpool
  It is an extremely good value for money, walking distance from major attractions with a gym and a decent swimming pool.

Liverpool University
The University of Liverpool was originally recognized as one of the Redbrick Universities. The University College Liverpool is reported to have started in 1881. The Liverpool University was completed in the year 1892.
Some of the famous alumni of Liverpool University includes Katherine Patricia Routledge ( actress ) , Steve Firth (bass player for the English band Embrace) , Stephen James "Steve" Coppell ( a former English footballer and the former manager of Reading F.C.) and Sanjay Jha ( highest paid CEO in the world currently working for Motorola ).

Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool Airport was earlier known was the Speke Airport and RAF Speke. Flights started taking off dating back to the year 1930. The airport is located in the city of Liverpool right besides the Estuary of the River Mersey. After the death of John Lennon in 2000(the leading and founding member of the legendary band “The Beatles) Speke Airport was renamed to John Lennon Airport as a tribute to John Lennon. One can find John Lennon’s bronze statue standing in the check-in hall. And there are lines written on the roof taken from John Lennon’s famous song “Imagine”.

The Beatles
The Beatles is regarded as the world’s best rock and pop band ever and ‘The Beatles’ were from Liverpool, England. The members included John Lennon (Rhythm Guitar), Paul McCartney (bass guitar), George Harrison (lead guitar) and Ringo Starr (drums). And the best part all of them on the vocals.

Liverpool Football Club
Liverpool Football Club was established in the year 1892. In the year 1892 John Houlding bought the Anfield Stadium after quarrel with lease holder. Everton left the Anfield stadium and moved to Goodison Park. Later as the other players had gone to Goodison Park, Houlding with only three players at his side formed Liverpool Football Club on 15th March 1892. Liverpool FC qualified for the first division in 1894 and won the first title in 1901.

There are several tourist attractions and places to be explored in the city of Liverpool. Beeston Castle, Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, International Slavery Museum, Tate Liverpool, Rufford Old Hall and St Georges Hall are few of such crowd pullers that attract tourist from all over the world to Liverpool.