Liverpool & Merseyside
All agesFree entry to the gallery, garden and building. Some events are ticketed and booked through the website or the Tickets and Information Desk.
Checked by FamDays on 17 Oct
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Free days out in Liverpool city centre
Places where the venue says general entry costs nothing. A child going free with a paying adult does not count, and we never call somewhere free when we do not know the price.
FamDays has checked 9 free days out in Liverpool city centre: 6 with an indoor part. 1 is closed for now and sits at the end of the list. Opening times, prices and ages come from each venue's own website and every card says when it was last checked.
9 places9 free to get in6 indoors or part indoors
The list
Sponsored listings are marked. Closed places are at the end.
Photo: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCentral Library and Discover
Liverpool city centre
All agesFree to visit. Exhibitions listed on the council page, including Birds of America in the Hornby Library, are free entry.
Checked by FamDays on 18 Oct
All agesNo admission charge is listed; the council describes the playground as "freely accessible".
Checked by FamDays on 19 Oct
All agesEntry to the cathedral is free and donations are welcome. The Tower Experience is ticketed: standard £8, concession £6.50, family (2 adults and up to 3 children) £22.50, with reduced summer prices of £7, £5.69 and £19.69 from 25 June to 1 September. No separate child price is listed.
Checked by FamDays on 31 Oct
All agesFree entry
Checked by FamDays on 15 Oct
All agesOrdinary public park. An angling permit is required to fish in the lakes.
Checked by FamDays on 17 Oct
All agesOrdinary public park. An angling permit is required to fish in the lake.
Checked by FamDays on 17 Oct
All agesFree entry
Checked by FamDays on 15 Oct
All agesFree general admission. The Planetarium is charged separately: adult £4, concession £3, child 3 to 17 £2, under 3s free.
Checked by FamDays on 18 Oct
Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsClosed until 2028Maritime Museum
Royal Albert Dock
All agesFree entry
Checked by FamDays on 17 Oct
Questions parents ask
Which free days out in Liverpool city centre are indoors for a wet day?
Bluecoat, Central Library and Discover, Liverpool Cathedral, Museum of Liverpool and Walker Art Gallery and others have an indoor part. Our rainy day guide covers the whole county.
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Local parent insider tips
Before you set off
- Book the big ones, turn up to the small onesThe safari park, the big soft plays and anything with a timed entry sell out in school holidays. Parks, beaches, most museums and the libraries never do. Every card says whether you need to book.
- Go early or go lateMost paid attractions are quietest in the first hour and the last two. Free museums in the city centre are busiest between 11 and 2 on a wet Saturday.
- Train beats car for the coast and the centreMerseyrail stops next to the beach at Crosby, Freshfield and Southport, and under the museums at Liverpool Central. Under 5s travel free and a Saveaway covers the day after 9.30 on weekdays and all day at weekends.
- How we checkEvery listing is rechecked against the venue's own website every week, and each card shows the date it was last confirmed. If something has changed since, the Tell us link on every page reaches a person who fixes it.
Prices shown are the lowest general admission per person on the venue's website on the day we checked. Free means the venue states general entry is free; a child going free with a paying adult does not count. Always check with the venue before you set off.