The Grapes is one of the oldest pubs in Liverpool – an arty haunt, with punters just as likely to be found discussing Derrida as football.

Vegan-friendly and dog-friendly, The Caledonia pub in the Georgian Quarter offers up real ale, great beer and eclectic live music.

Traditional Liverpool pub with a wide selection of draught beers and ales.

Peter Kavanagh’s is a pub with an interior so traditional (yet quirky), it’s worth popping in just to take a look around.

Well-loved Micro-brewery Black Lodge has a taproom in the Baltic Triangle, where it serves the brewery’s latest beers on keg and cask.

A true Liverpudlian treasure, great for a pie and pint.

Jenny’s Bar is hidden away on Fenwick Street in Liverpool. Descend a staircase from what looks like a fish restaurant, and you’ll find a bar in two parts.

Cooler-than-thou yet immensely comforting, this pub does it all: chilled mornings, lazy afternoons and music-filled nights.

Liverpool’s Albert Dock is a reliably great day or night out, and here’s what’s on offer there over the Christmas weeks.

You can’t go wrong with beer and scouse. The Baltic Fleet is one of Liverpool’s most unique pubs and its outdoors area is a great suntrap.

Liverpool’s oldest church now pumps with Latin passion.

At the intersection of Hanover Street, Duke Street and Liverpool One, Hanover Street Social is at the centre of Liverpool’s burgeoning food quarter