Woolton Village
Woolton Village
4.5
Tours & experiences
Explore different ways to experience this place.
What is Travellers’ Choice?
Tripadvisor gives a Travellers’ Choice award to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travellers and are ranked within the top 10% of properties on Tripadvisor.
Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more.
Top ways to experience Woolton Village and nearby attractions
The area
Address
Neighbourhood: Allerton and Hunts Cross
Reach out directly
Best nearby
We rank these restaurants and attractions by balancing reviews from our members with how close they are to this location.
Restaurants
424 within 3 miles
Attractions
812 within 6 miles
Contribute
Most Recent: Reviews ordered by most recent publish date in descending order.
Detailed Reviews: Reviews ordered by recency and descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as waiting time, length of visit, general tips, and location information.
We perform checks on reviews.
Tripadvisor’s approach to reviews
Before posting, each Tripadvisor review goes through an automated tracking system, which collects information, answering the following questions: how, what, where and when. If the system detects something that potentially contradicts our community guidelines, the review is not published.
When the system detects a problem, a review may be automatically rejected, sent to the reviewer for validation, or manually reviewed by our team of content specialists, who work 24/7 to maintain the quality of the reviews on our site.
Our team checks each review posted on the site disputed by our community as not meeting our community guidelines.
Learn more about our review moderation.
4.5
104 reviews
Excellent
69
Very good
24
Average
6
Poor
1
Terrible
4
xxaann
3 contributions
Apr 2020 • Couples
I was really disopointed with the food we ordered from Nowhere. I think it is over priced for really below average food. I had high expectations after viewing their food pics on instergram. Its such a shame because its a lovely bar to go for a few cocktails and good music.... but for the food I'd honestly give it a miss. The takeaway tasted like it had all just been reheated up.
Written 20 April 2020
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Journey01951556216
Birmingham, UK2 contributions
Apr 2024 • Business
Great place, really beautiful surroundings. Plenty of places to eat drink and visit friendly people and good old fashion pubs with pub grub in a lot of them. Typical funny scouse sense of humour. Just a couple of miles outside of town would be perfect for a break.......it's still good and I'm here on business unfortunately.
Written 22 April 2024
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
🥳 🎉 🥳 Keep Life Simple 🥳🎉🥳
Pittsburgh, PA129,544 contributions
Sept 2019 • Couples
We took the bus from Liverpool to Woolton Village and worked out way back to visit the Beatles sites. There is a lot of small shops in this affluent neighborhood. I'd suggest spending a few hours and enjoy the neighborhood.
Written 16 December 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Jean D
Liverpool, UK11 contributions
May 2014 • Friends
I have lived in Woolton for over 30 years & now I am retired volunteer with several local groups, so I can find lots more to say than one of your reviewers.
Woolton was an independent village until it was swallowed up by the City of Liverpool in 1913. In November 2013 an plaque marking the centenary was unveiled by the Lord Mayor. Old Woolton was based around the quarry, where the local pink sandstone was worked, & many local buildings are built in this material, as well as Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral.
Woolton in Bloom is responsible for the many floral displays which have won a string of gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society over the past decade. In 2014 WIB is in the Champion of Champions category, with judging in late July.
Woolton has many beautiful old buildings, including the Grade 1 listed Woolton Hall, & the 19th century Mechanics Institute, now a private home. Also notable are the Victorian public baths & nearby library, both sadly now closed. During Heritage Open Day, which this year will be Saturday 13th September, The Woolton Society will be conducting walking tours of the village, as well as Beatles tours, & all for no charge. See the website www.wooltonsociety.org.uk for more details.
Then there is the Beatles connection, which is what most people want to know about. First stop is usually St Peter's church hall on Church Road, where a plaque marks the place where John Lennon met Paul McCartney at the church fete in 1957. Over the road in the churchyard is the grave of Eleanor Rigby, while up the road lies Strawberry Field, once a children's home, & Mendips, the semi where John grew up with Aunt Mimi.
There are also many, many, pubs cafes & restaurants to feed & water visitors, plus the oldest (1926) independent cinema in the city.
Over the years I have conducted many friends around Woolton on my own mini-tour, & the most common reaction from those who do not know the city has been "What a beautiful place this is. You wouldn't know that it was in Liverpool." I am still trying to decide if this is a compliment or not.
Woolton was an independent village until it was swallowed up by the City of Liverpool in 1913. In November 2013 an plaque marking the centenary was unveiled by the Lord Mayor. Old Woolton was based around the quarry, where the local pink sandstone was worked, & many local buildings are built in this material, as well as Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral.
Woolton in Bloom is responsible for the many floral displays which have won a string of gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society over the past decade. In 2014 WIB is in the Champion of Champions category, with judging in late July.
Woolton has many beautiful old buildings, including the Grade 1 listed Woolton Hall, & the 19th century Mechanics Institute, now a private home. Also notable are the Victorian public baths & nearby library, both sadly now closed. During Heritage Open Day, which this year will be Saturday 13th September, The Woolton Society will be conducting walking tours of the village, as well as Beatles tours, & all for no charge. See the website www.wooltonsociety.org.uk for more details.
Then there is the Beatles connection, which is what most people want to know about. First stop is usually St Peter's church hall on Church Road, where a plaque marks the place where John Lennon met Paul McCartney at the church fete in 1957. Over the road in the churchyard is the grave of Eleanor Rigby, while up the road lies Strawberry Field, once a children's home, & Mendips, the semi where John grew up with Aunt Mimi.
There are also many, many, pubs cafes & restaurants to feed & water visitors, plus the oldest (1926) independent cinema in the city.
Over the years I have conducted many friends around Woolton on my own mini-tour, & the most common reaction from those who do not know the city has been "What a beautiful place this is. You wouldn't know that it was in Liverpool." I am still trying to decide if this is a compliment or not.
Written 7 May 2014
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Mintcake58
Liverpool, UK1,648 contributions
Casual visitors to Woolton Village may be disappointed. At first glance, it is a typical, affluent, suburban collection of shops, restaurants and houses. But look a little more carefully and there is lots to see. The village retains a quaint, self-contained character and is a designated conservation area. There was once a lake, but this was drained to extinguish a fire at a nearby factory and is now a car park. A short walk leads to the hall where the Beatles first played. A little further on and one discovers Woolton Quarry, from which the red sandstone was hewn to construct Liverpool' Anglican Cathedral. The "cliffs" that remain rise majestically above the houses that now fill the quarry basin and provide a dramatic backdrop. Elsewhere, there are some good restaurants and cafés, an eclectic mix of little shops, an independent cinema and some attractive parkland. I would recommend that visitors combine a visit here with a Beatles heritage tour, but do a little research first and Woolton Village will not disappoint.
Written 14 November 2013
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Claire Jones
6 contributions
Feb 2019 • Family
Lovely evening with lots of things to do for all the family. Had a wonderful time and there where lots of activities for the kids
Written 4 April 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
lynz
Liverpool, UK77 contributions
Feb 2019 • Couples
I phoned to make a booking for 2 people for a Friday evening, i was told over the phone they did not take bookings for 2... just to arrive so we did, we arrived at 7.30 the resturant was busy upon arrival a member of staff asked if i had booked! I explained that i did try to book for 2 over the phone the waiter said oh ok
we can sort a table for 2 and asked us to wait at the back in the seating area by the bar, we were told to have a drink & we would have a table in 20 mminutes we ordered drinks, waited for over 30 minutes in the waiting area there was at least 15 people waiting for a table some had booked we sat by a family of 4 who had been waiting for 40 minutes & that was with a booking! A waiter came over & asked if we wanted to order more drinks! We asked abt a table we were waiting on, he said we are busy & would call us over as soon as one was ready so after our drinks & nearly a 45 wait we left & went to Dostana in Woolton village, no booking the resturant was busy but we were accomodated as always, a lovely resturant with very pleasant staff & great food.
we can sort a table for 2 and asked us to wait at the back in the seating area by the bar, we were told to have a drink & we would have a table in 20 mminutes we ordered drinks, waited for over 30 minutes in the waiting area there was at least 15 people waiting for a table some had booked we sat by a family of 4 who had been waiting for 40 minutes & that was with a booking! A waiter came over & asked if we wanted to order more drinks! We asked abt a table we were waiting on, he said we are busy & would call us over as soon as one was ready so after our drinks & nearly a 45 wait we left & went to Dostana in Woolton village, no booking the resturant was busy but we were accomodated as always, a lovely resturant with very pleasant staff & great food.
Written 27 March 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
lynz
Liverpool, UK77 contributions
Mar 2018 • Family
I have eaten in this resturant several times & recently booked the Instanbul for my mums birthday with family,the food in this resturant is ☆☆☆☆☆ v good choice & great atmosphere friendly staff & excellent service.
Thankyou
Thankyou
Written 1 April 2018
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Angela T
Liverpool, UK35 contributions
Mar 2017 • Couples
Not the same as it used to be. Too much traffic, it has really gone down the pan. It's very commercial. My birthplace & childhood home is not the beautiful, quaint village it was. Too many property developer's throwing new residences and flats up some not in keeping with the natural, surroundings.
Written 29 March 2017
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Mintcake58
Liverpool, UK1,648 contributions
Mar 2016 • Solo
Woolton is an old suburban district of Liverpool, with lots of history, interesting little shops, pretty tea rooms, restaurants and a lot more. Here, you can find the hall where the Beatles first performed, Cilla Black's local church, the sandstone quarry used for the city's magnificent Anglican cathedral and much, much more.
Parking is not particularly easy, it is true, but most of the houses have no garages, so the side streets are pretty full most of the time.
It is also a fact that we have two large supermarkets, one at either side, but they are pretty well concealed, have their own self-contained car parking and, at the end of the day, local people do have to live!
Woolton and the neighbouring Gateacre Village are blessed with lots of green spaces and access by public transport is very good, with the South Parkway transport hub just a mile away.
Parking is not particularly easy, it is true, but most of the houses have no garages, so the side streets are pretty full most of the time.
It is also a fact that we have two large supermarkets, one at either side, but they are pretty well concealed, have their own self-contained car parking and, at the end of the day, local people do have to live!
Woolton and the neighbouring Gateacre Village are blessed with lots of green spaces and access by public transport is very good, with the South Parkway transport hub just a mile away.
Written 2 March 2016
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Coast is my favourite bistro in the village Sheila,the food is fresh,ball gown or jeans,young or old...inexpensive........however all the pub restaurants are close together in the little village....please read my report on coast bistro...enjoy.....julia
Written 28 January 2017
915Carrie
London, United Kingdom
Is there a decent Hotel or B&B in or near Woolton?
Written 8 September 2016
Sorry no hotels in Woolton since the Redbourne was sold a while ago.
However the nearest is the Childwall Abbey Hotel - It is in the area where Hollyoaks is filmed. I have copied the below info from hotels combined
Childwall Abbey Hotel offers 3-star accommodation in Liverpool.
The bed & breakfast has 7 unique rooms, each with their very own bathroom.
On-site dining options include a restaurant, which is a convenient spot to enjoy a meal. The bed & breakfast also serves breakfast each morning.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is within a 20-minute car ride of Childwall Abbey Hotel, as are Liverpool Cathedral and Albert Dock. Liverpool One is only a 20-minute drive from the bed & breakfast.
Written 8 September 2016
how to get there from liverpool centre pls
Written 28 December 2015
I went in bus #78 from Liverpool to Halewood right next to John lewis bus station. And I paid like 5 pounds for all day pass (Arriva line)
Written 30 December 2015
Where is the best pub to watch the match with the kids in woolton.cheers
Written 3 October 2015
best pub for football is the elephant or -the coffee house for everton and Liverpool games -or other sky games .
Written 29 December 2015
Showing results 1-5 of 5
Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more.
*Likely to sell out: Based on Viator’s booking data and information from the provider from the past 30 days, it seems likely this experience will sell out through Viator, a Tripadvisor company.
Is this your Tripadvisor listing?
Own or manage this property? Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more.
Claim your listing