Location of Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan county of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey estuary. It was founded as a municipality in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. Liverpool is the fourth largest city in the UK (the third largest in England) and has a population of 435,500 and is situated in the center of the whole urban area of Liverpool which has a population of 816,216.

Historically, a part of Lancashire, urbanization and expansion of Liverpool were largely caused by the city's status as a major port. By the 18th century, trade in the West Indies, Ireland and continental Europe with close links with the Atlantic slave trade promoted economic expansion of Liverpool. Until the early 19th century, 40% of world trade rose from Liverpool docks, contributing to the rise of Liverpoolas a great city.

The popularity of The Beatles and other groups of the Merseybeat era contributes to the status of Liverpool as a tourist destination.

Liverpool was described as the second city of the empire by Benjamin Disraeli, prime minister associated with the height of British imperial ambition. For periods during the 19th century Liverpool's wealth exceeded that of London itself, [9] and the Liverpool Custom House was the largest contributor to the British Treasury. [10] the state of Liverpool can be judged from the fact she was the only British city to have its own Whitehall office.