Combo: Royal Liver Building 360° Tour & River Mersey Cruise

Your experience

Combine a 50-minute River Mersey round-trip cruise with a guided Royal Liver Building 360° tour in one flexible booking.

Getting started

Use your mobile vouchers on the day of your visit, then head to each venue when it suits your schedule, as both can be done on the same day. At the Royal Liver Building, validate your ticket at the main entrance to begin your tour. For the River Mersey Cruise, show your ticket at Liverpool Gerry Marsden (Pier Head) before boarding.

What to expect

Royal Liver Building

This early 20th-century landmark is central to Liverpool’s waterfront, with its famous Liver Bird sculptures and elevated views over the River Mersey and Pier Head.

Features:

• Start in the Visitors Centre, where archival exhibits, artefacts, and photographs trace how the Royal Liver Building was designed, built, and linked to Liverpool’s maritime and commercial history.

• Join a fully guided tour of the West Clocktower and clock room, including a 270° audio-visual experience behind the original clock faces that uses sound, light, and digital effects to tell the building’s story.

• Step out for close-up views of the iconic Liver Bird sculptures, noticing details that are impossible to see from street level and learning why they became such powerful city symbols.

• Continue up to the 15th-floor viewing platform for wide views across the River Mersey, Pier Head, and the wider Liverpool skyline.

• Make use of the audio guide in Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, and Spanish to follow the tour content in your preferred language.

River Mersey Cruise

Sail the historic River Mersey on a heritage ferry and see Liverpool’s waterfront and Wirral’s skyline from the water.

Features:

• Board at Liverpool Gerry Marsden (Pier Head) for a 50-minute round-trip River Mersey cruise that loops along the city’s riverside.

• Listen to the complimentary digital audio guide that shares stories about Liverpool’s musical roots and maritime history, and request a printed River Mersey cruise route fact sheet if you prefer to read along.

• Spend time on deck viewing Liverpool’s waterfront, the River Mersey, and Wirral’s skyline, noting how the city’s architecture lines the river.

• Take a break at the onboard café bar, where meals, snacks, and drinks are available for purchase, and use the onboard toilets and accessible facilities during the cruise.