RopeWalks, Liverpool
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Ropewalks is a name given to an area of Liverpool
city centre
(Ropewalks Liverpool) that runs from Lydia Ann Street to Renshaw Street widthways, and from Roscoe Street to Hanover Street lengthwise.
The term Ropewalks is a relatively modern description to give prominence to the vicinity. Ropewalks takes its name from the craft of rope-making for sailing ships that dominated the area until the 19th century. There are a large number of historic warehouse buildings and it owes much of its character to the rope-making industry. Nowadays it has increasingly become the centre for Liverpool's night-time economy and creative industries.
The area includes FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology)
, Europe’s oldest established Chinatown
, the grand façade of St. Luke’s
bombed-out Church, the Cream
and Kazimier Clubs as well as a variety of cafés, bars and clubs.
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
city centre
Liverpool City Centre
Liverpool city centre is the commercial, cultural, financial and historical heart of Liverpool, England.Unlike many other cities in the United Kingdom, a ring road doesn't distinguish the city centre from the remainder of Liverpool, although an inner ring road of sorts does exist, with the recent...
(Ropewalks Liverpool) that runs from Lydia Ann Street to Renshaw Street widthways, and from Roscoe Street to Hanover Street lengthwise.
The term Ropewalks is a relatively modern description to give prominence to the vicinity. Ropewalks takes its name from the craft of rope-making for sailing ships that dominated the area until the 19th century. There are a large number of historic warehouse buildings and it owes much of its character to the rope-making industry. Nowadays it has increasingly become the centre for Liverpool's night-time economy and creative industries.
The area includes FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology)
Foundation for Art and Creative Technology
FACT is a new media arts centre based on Wood Street in Liverpool, England.-Support for the creative industries:...
, Europe’s oldest established Chinatown
Chinatown, Liverpool
The Chinatown in Liverpool, England is located near the city centre's southern edge close to Liverpool Cathedral, and is home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe. The arch located at the gateway is also the largest, multiple-span arch of its kind outside of China, the largest single-span...
, the grand façade of St. Luke’s
Church of St Luke, Liverpool
St Luke's Church in Liverpool, England, is located on the corner of Berry Street and Leece Street opposite the top of Bold Street. It was designed by John Foster, and construction of the building began on 9 April 1811, with consecration taking place on 12 January 1831.On Monday, 5 May 1941, St...
bombed-out Church, the Cream
Cream (nightclub)
Cream, based at the Nation nightclub in Liverpool, is one of the best-known night clubs in the UK. Cream began life as a weekly house music night at Nation, and ran in this format for 10 years, from October 1992 to June 2002...
and Kazimier Clubs as well as a variety of cafés, bars and clubs.
External links
- Ropewalks Liverpool website
- http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/The_City/City_centre/Inner_zones/index.asp
- Ropewalks