Port Sunlight & Lady Lever Art Gallery
Port Sunlight
A 19th-century model village built by the Lever Brothers for their workers, with more than 900 protected buildings and the free Lady Lever Art Gallery.
Port Sunlight is on the Wirral Peninsula across the Mersey. Soap magnate William Lever began building it in 1888 for the factory's workers. Its cottage-style houses, gardens and tree-lined avenues are well preserved, and the entire village is a conservation area. The Lady Lever Art Gallery at the village center is free to enter and houses Pre-Raphaelite paintings, Wedgwood porcelain and furniture. The village museum tells the story of the model village (admission charged). Take the Merseyrail train from Liverpool Central Station for about 20 minutes to Port Sunlight Station.
Opening hours
Village open all day; art museum approx. 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- The Beatles Story
- Baltic Triangle
- Royal Albert Dock
- International Slavery Museum
- Merseyside Maritime Museum
- Museum of Liverpool
- Mersey Ferries
- Liverpool Chinatown