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Royal Liver Building
Probably the most famous building in Liverpool with its distinctive 18ft high Liver Birds perched atop the clock towers.

Something of a novelty when it as first built, The Liver Building was one of the first high rise buildings to be mad of reinforced concrete and steel.  It stands 332ft high to the top of the birds and the clocks are larger than Big Ben.

The Liver Building, along with the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building make up Liverpool's Three Graces - one of the most recognisable waterfronts in the world.  Free tours can be arranged with the building directly on 0151 236 2748.

 
     

Did you know?  The clock on the Liver building was started at 1.40pm on 22nd June, 1940 - the exact moment that King George V was crowned in Westminster Abbey

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