Church Street, Liverpool
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 Church Street meets Lord Street | |
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| Location | Liverpool city centre |
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| Postal code | L1 |
| Coordinates | 53°24′19″N 2°59′01″W / 53.4052°N 2.9836°W |
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Church Street is a street in Liverpool, England, lying between Bold Street to the east and Lord Street to the west. It is the main shopping area of Liverpool and takes its name from a church formerly situated on the road. The area behind the shops on the south side of Church Street is now part of the Liverpool One shopping complex, which opened in October 2008 after the redevelopment of a large part of the L1 postcode area (hence the name).
The side streets to the north of Church Street lead to Williamson Square, while the Grade I listed Bluecoat Chambers—the oldest surviving building in Liverpool—is to the south along Church Alley. The Liverpool Athenaeum, an institution founded in the 18th century, is also on Church Alley. The street was once home to St Peter's Church, which was erected in 1700 and demolished in 1922.[1] The Anglian Church then sold the land to Liverpool Corporation in order to fund the building of Liverpool Cathedral.[2] One of the former entrances to the church is commemorated by a brass cross embedded in the pavement outside Keys Court, which is made with metal melted-down from the church's altar rails.
