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Wavertree Lock Up

Wavertree Green, Lake Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 8JS

  • 15 Sep 2024
  • In person
  • Pre-booking not required

Discover Wavertree Lock Up, a listed building is situated on Wavertree Village Green and over 200 years old. It originally served to house local drunks but was used to house some Irish immigrant families during the potatoes famine in Ireland.

Built of sandstone, two storeys in height and octagonal in shape, the Wavertree Lock Up it is one of two still remaining in Liverpool, the other being the Everton Lock Up, the symbol used as a logo on the Everton Football shirt.

Timings & Tours

Sunday 15 September:
1200-1600

Location & directions

Wavertree Green, Lake Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 8JS

Directions:
Located in the middle of Wavertree Village Green triangular piece of ground across the road from Picton Clock on the B5178 on one side, Lake Road and Mill Lane on the other. On the main bus route for 79 bus route from Liverpool city centre, nearest railway station Wavertree Technology Park.
Contact on day:
John Wood
Telephone number:
+447033531991

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Park in Lake Road if spaces available. Threshold and step down into Lock Up.

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:
15
Est. tour duration:
10 hour(s)

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