Liverpool's Streets in the Sky

Tue Jun 16 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm UTC+01:00

MGMA Architects | Liverpool

Liverpool Architecture Festival
Publisher/HostLiverpool Architecture Festival
Liverpool's Streets in the Sky
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Discover Liverpool's lost network of “streets in the sky” on a guided walking tour.
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Liverpool's Streets in the Sky


Liverpool once had a network of “streets in the sky” - and you can still see it its fading ghosts if you know where to look. From the 1960s, walkways appeared around buildings and over roads, so pedestrians could stride across the city without touching the ground. Those bridges and passages have long vanished, but the city wouldn't look like it does without them.

Journalist Alistair Houghton will take you on an alternative tour of the vanished city in the sky and tell you all about how the spirit of 60s high-rise optimism curdled.


Alistair Houghton is a Liverpool-based journalist who is editor of national news website BusinessLive and a former business editor at the Liverpool Echo


The walk will centre around the commercial district.


Please meet 15 minutes before the tour is due to start.


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Access Information:

Please be aware the building tour includes stairs and uneven surfaces, and reduced pavements widths in some areas, which may not be suitable for some.

Access via buzzer to main door. Please select MGMA Architects office.


Please contact [email protected] if you have any accessibility concerns or queries.

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Timings:

17:45 - Meet at MGMA Architects, Oriel Chambers - suite 37

18:00 - Tour Starts

19:30 - Tour Ends

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Location:

Start - MGMA Architects, Oriel Chambers - Suite 37, 14 Water Street, Liverpool, L2 8TD

End - Exchange Flags, Nations House, Edmund St, Liverpool, L3 9N


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MGMA Architects, 14 Water Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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