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Abercromby Square

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Abercromby Square

Abercromby Square, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L7 7BD
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Abercromby Square, city parks, urban gardening
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Built as a communal garden for the rectangle of 19th-century houses that surround it, Abercromby Square’s Georgian credentials don’t stop at its surrounding architecture. The square was named after an army general killed at the Battle of the Alexandria and is centred by a round building constructed in 1822 to store garden tools. The square’s proximity to the University of Liverpool’s library (and student boozer, The Cambridge) makes it popular with undergrads but Abercromby Square can usually be enjoyed by non-academics too.

What's on near Abercromby Square

Uncertain Data at FACT, Liverpool
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Workshops at FACT

Check out the ways you can get hands on creatively with workshops at FACT in Liverpool, as well as taking their daily guided tour.

Free entry
Bluecoat
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Workshops at Bluecoat

Learn through doing with a packed programme of hands-one workshops at Bluecoat, including crafts, family friendly arts and printing socials.

From £70.00
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Where to go near Abercromby Square

Everyman Theatre
Hope Street
Theatre
Liverpool Everyman Theatre

The Everyman Theatre on Liverpool’s Hope Street reopened in March 2014 after extensive renovation. It is twinned with the Playhouse on Williamson Square.

City Centre
Restaurant
The Pen Factory

From the team behind the old Everyman Bistro comes The Pen Factory, a warm and welcoming space situated in the basement of the Annex Building.

Liverpool
Music venue
Tung Auditorium

The Tung Auditorium is Liverpool’s new, state-of-the art performance space seating up to 400 people and hosting a variety of concerts.

Liverpool
Restaurant
Vetch

Fine dining restaurant, serving beautiful food on Liverpool’s Hope Street.

The garden at Free State Kitchen
City Centre
Restaurant
Free State Kitchen

With a large beer garden and commitment to using locally sourced produce, Free State Kitchen in Liverpool isn’t just-another-burger-joint.

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City Centre
Bar or Pub
Frederiks

Frederik’s neighbourhood kitchen & bar has been the hub of the Georgian Quarter since 2013. Award winning cocktails and a great Sunday roast!

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Liverpool
International Inn

A pleasant and affordable place to stay in Liverpool, International Inn is hidden away in a quiet street but still close to everything you need.

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