Bootle

The town of Bootle on Merseyside is on the outskirts of Liverpool and from 1799, provided clear spring water to Liverpool. By the early 19^th century, Bootle developed its own identity as a fashionable bathing resort on the sands of the estuary. In the 1840’s though the identity of the town changed as the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway arrived; bringing industrialisation and the building of docks along the riverfront. World War II brought German air raids and Bootle suffered damage to around 90% of its housing. Some magnificent architecture and buildings survived; around the old civic centre of the town, splendid Victorian buildings still exist, like the Town Hall and Municipal Baths.

Bootle today offers visitors lots of choice; for shoppers there are large shopping centres as well as independent shops, for recreation there are leisure centres and recreation grounds and for those looking for entertainment, there is a wide variety of pubs and late night bars as well as restaurants and of course, historic sites.