Group Leisure & Travel – May 2019

and then the world. 2019 is a milestone year –

marking 50 years since the release of The Beatle’s

game-changing Abbey Road album (you’ll find a

room dedicated to Abbey Road studios).

Beatlemania

Opening for groups from September is the new

Strawberry Field heritage centre. Built on the site

where John Lennon found solace as a child, and

Dates for your diary

• 15th - 18th August: Southport Flower
  Show, Victoria Park, Southport.


• Until 26th August: Charles Rennie
  Mackintosh – Making the Glasgow Style at
  Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery.


• 14th June – 10th November: Keith Haring
  at Tate Liverpool.


• 6th – 8th September: Southport Air Show.
  
  
  • In front of the Strawberry
    Field gates.
  
  
  
  

of course immortalised in the song Strawberry

Fields Forever, it will consist of a new visitor

experience including an interactive exhibition

and a tour of the gardens.

It’s just one of the stops we visited during a two-

hour journey on-board the colourful Magical

Mystery Tour Bus. Entertained by our guide

Paul, we visited the childhood homes of The

Beatles as well as some of the places that inspired

their songs – Penny Lane included of course.

The final stop was the world famous Cavern

Club on Matthew Street (the tour includes free

entry into the club) where you can enjoy an

incredible atmosphere.

Offering a new perspective on the greatest

rock and roll band of all time is the Magical

Beatles Museum, across from the Cavern Club

in Matthew Street. A decade in the making, it

features more than 300 rare and authentic items,

many which haven’t been seen before including

the earliest known footage of the Beatles and John

Lennon’s Sergeant Pepper medals. There’s a variety

of group packages including exclusive after-hours

access to the museum with a private guided tour

and complimentary drinks and canapes.

Port Sunlight

Head to the Port Sunlight Museum & Garden

Village just across the river Mersey to

discover all about the man behind it – ‘Soap

King’ William Hesketh Lever. Step inside the

Edwardian workers’ cottage, which has been

recreated using the original architect’s plans and

take a self-guided walking tour of the village.

Explore: Liverpool & Merseyside

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