How to Find Us - Liverpool Cathedral

An advantage of being the UK’s largest cathedral is that we are visible from most parts of the city and beyond. We’re big, easy to spot – if you need directions, look below.

Main Cathedral building postal/delivery address (correct postcode for sat nav):

Liverpool Cathedral, St James’ Mount, Liverpool L1 7AZ

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We are about a thirty-minute walk from most central Liverpool locations including Lime Street and Central railway stations and our main bus terminals.

Talking about buses, routes 82, 86, 82A stop nearby. And if you like the hop on hop off city tours then you can include our Cathedral on your route.

We have buses stopping near the Cathedral every 12 minutes or so – it’s an easy way to get to us. For more details and timetables visit the Merseytravel website.

Check out merseyrail.org for more information relating to trains times, tickets and help with you journey planning.

Getting around Liverpool – A visitor’s guide to public transport

Whether you’re planning your trip or looking for an easy way to reach the best of the area’s events and attractions, Merseyside’s public transport services can get you there via bus, train or ferry. Mersey Travel’s website is a quick and easy tool to help you find a range of travel options, times and maps to help guide you on your way. Visit merseytravel.gov.uk for a range of useful transport information.

Or use the online Merseytravel Journey Planner to find your best public transport route to the Cathedral.

Parking your car at Liverpool Cathedral

We have limited onsite parking available on a first-come, first-served basis. The first 30 minutes are free, after that, you pay for the time your car is in the car park. It is a pay-on-exit system car park.

Before you leave the Liverpool Cathedral car park, please pay at the payment machines. You’ll need to remember your vehicle registration number (number plate).

Enter your vehicle registration number into the payment machine. You can use coins, cards or contactless to pay for your parking.

If you would like to pay by phone, you will find details on the signs by the payment machines. Regularly park in our car park? You might find downloading the app handy.

We use an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system to calculate how long you have parked your car at Liverpool Cathedral. This system is operated by Horizon and you will find out more about Horizon on their website.

First half-hour: FREE
Up to 1 hour: £2.00
Up to 3 hours: £3.50
3 – 6 hours: £5.50
6 – 8 hours: £6.50
8 – 10 hours: £8.50
10 – 12 hours: £10.50
12 – 24 hours: £14.50

We usually operate a one-way system to enter and exit our car park. You’ll come into the car park using the Queen’s Walk entrance (Upper Duke Street) and exit via Upper Parliament Street.

Occasionally the Cathedral, or parts of it, may need to close or only offer restricted access for a service, special event or day-to-day maintenance. We try to minimise these periods as much as we can, as we know that people travel long distances to visit us. Please note that closures and restricted access may also affect our car park. We’ve listed some alternative, nearby parking below.

Please remember to check for last-minute changes before your visit as some events, such as funerals, are only arranged at short notice. For up-to-date car parking charges, you can call the Constables’ Lodge.

T: 0151 702 7260.

Alternative parking near Liverpool Cathedral

You’ll also find information about nearby on-street parking on the Liverpool City Council website (opens in a new window).

Coming by Coach – you’ll get a special welcome

We’re delighted to be part of the city’s Coach Welcome Scheme so you can be assured of a really warm welcome when dropping your passengers off. They will also receive city maps and the coach driver can enjoy a well-earned cup of tea and cake on us.