Dote

Date spot in Liverpool

Picton Reading Room at Central Library

Climb up through Central Library to the Picton Reading Room, a round Victorian reading room lined with books under a great domed ceiling.

The round Picton Reading Room, with shelves of books curving round the walls under a pale domed ceiling and a central skylight

William Brown Street, city centre

Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EW

Why it's a good date: It's free and quiet, and you'll look straight up at the dome the first time you walk in. Pair it with the Walker Art Gallery next door for a whole afternoon on one street. Keep your voices down.

Add to Dote

Photo: Michael D Beckwith from England, CC0 (resized)

More from our Liverpool guide

  • Liverpool Cathedral's huge sandstone tower and nave seen from Hope Street, under a clear blue sky

    Liverpool Cathedral tower

    St James' Mount, off Hope Street

    St James' Mount, Liverpool L1 7AZ

    Wander Britain's biggest cathedral, free to enter, then take the lifts and stairs up the tower, past the world's heaviest ring of bells, to the views from the top.

    Why it's a good date: The scale of the place takes your breath away, and so does the view across the city and the river. Pick a clear day for the tower, and check it's open before you go.

    Add to DoteBookDirections

    Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)

  • Sefton Park's white Victorian Palm House, a domed glasshouse with benches in front, under a dramatic sky

    Sefton Park and the Palm House

    Sefton Park, south Liverpool

    Palm House, Sefton Park, Liverpool L17 1AP

    Walk round the lake and through the trees of Liverpool's great Victorian park, and warm up among the plants in the Palm House, its 1896 glasshouse.

    Why it's a good date: A long, easy walk with somewhere warm and green in the middle of it. The Palm House is closed some days for weddings and events, so check before you go.

    Add to DoteDirections

    Photo: Paul White, CC BY 2.0 (resized)

  • One of Antony Gormley's iron figures standing on the flat sand of Crosby Beach, looking out to sea under a blue sky

    Crosby Beach and Another Place

    Crosby, north of the city, near Blundellsands & Crosby station

    Mariners Road, Crosby, Liverpool L23 6SX
    • Trip
    • Outdoors
    • Free
    • Out of town

    Walk the beach among Antony Gormley's Another Place: 100 cast-iron figures standing along the sand, all looking out to sea.

    Why it's a good date: A short train ride out and you're on a wide, windswept beach with a hundred silent companions. Go for sunset, and stay off the soft sand near the figures furthest out: the tide comes in fast.

    Add to DoteDirections

    Photo: habiloid, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized)

From our guide to date ideas in Liverpool

Run this place? Claim it on Dote for Venues