Things to do in Liverpool with kids
The Museum of Liverpool and the World Museum are the wet-day bankers, the ferry and the beach are the treats, and the Anfield tour is the one football families ask for.
13 picks that fit, best first. The order follows the live forecast and the time of day.
Museum of Liverpool
Pier Head
The story of the city, from the docks to the football to the music, free, on the waterfront.
Free.
- Free
- Indoors
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Royal Albert Dock
Waterfront
The restored Victorian dock with museums, galleries and bars around the water, free to wander.
Free.
- Free
- In and out
- Half a day
- Fine in rain
- Good with kids
Mersey Ferry
Pier Head
The fifty-minute river cruise with the skyline from the water and the song on the tannoy.
- Under £10
- In and out
- Under 2 hours
- Fine in rain
- Good with kids
Crosby Beach and Another Place
Crosby
A hundred cast-iron men by Antony Gormley standing in the sand, looking out to sea.
Free.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Formby beach and the red squirrels
Formby
Pine woods with red squirrels, then high dunes and a wide sandy beach, half an hour by train.
Free.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Free; parking charge for drivers
Sefton Park and the Palm House
Aigburth
Two hundred acres of Victorian park with a lake, a grotto and a glass palm house, free.
Free.
- Free
- Outdoors
- Half a day
- Good with kids
World Museum
William Brown Street
Dinosaurs, an aquarium, a planetarium and Egyptian mummies, free, all under one roof.
Free.
- Free
- Indoors
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Anfield stadium tour
Anfield
The home dressing room, the This Is Anfield sign and the museum at Liverpool FC’s ground.
- Over £25
- In and out
- Under 2 hours
- Fine in rain
- Good with kids
The Beatles Story
Royal Albert Dock
The band’s story told room by room, with a replica Cavern and the audio guide in their own voices.
- Over £25
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
- Good with kids
Royal Liver Building 360
Pier Head
Up inside the clock tower of the Liver Building to the birds and a view over the whole river.
- £10 to £25
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
- Good with kids
Speke Hall
Speke
A black-and-white Tudor manor with priest holes, woodland walks and the Mersey at the bottom of the garden.
- £10 to £25
- In and out
- Half a day
- Good with kids
Western Approaches Museum
Rumford Street
The secret wartime bunker where the Battle of the Atlantic was run, kept as it was left.
- £10 to £25
- Indoors
- Under 2 hours
- Good with kids
Liverpool ONE
City centre
The open-air shopping district that links the centre to the dock, with a park on the roof.
Free.
- Free
- In and out
- Half a day
- Fine in rain
- Good with kids
Good to know
What is there to do in Liverpool with children?
The Museum of Liverpool and the World Museum are the wet-day bankers, the ferry and the beach are the treats, and the Anfield tour is the one football families ask for. This list keeps 13 places that work with kids and moves the indoor ones up when it is raining.
Which of these are free for families?
Look for the "Free" label. Most cities have at least a couple of free museums and a big park on this list, which makes a cheap day out easy to put together.