Buildings

The Bluecoat, Liverpool

United Kingdom Liverpool Liverpool

The Bluecoat, Liverpool
Photo: Peter Tarleton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Liverpool city centre's oldest building, a Queen Anne-style former charity school built in 1717, and now the UK's oldest arts centre. After a £14.5m redevelopment it reopened in 2008 with a new wing of galleries and a performance space.


The galleries show changing contemporary art exhibitions and are free. There are independent shops and craft studios, a café, and a quiet garden courtyard that's a peaceful break from the shopping streets of Liverpool ONE next door.

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