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Liverpool Slave Trade History GPS App Walking Tour Mobile Game
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Requires installing a mobile app (instructions in confirmation email)
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Not recommended for visually impaired people
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Not recommended for people with impaired mobility
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Not recommended for seniors over 80
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Walk in the footsteps of merchants, sailors, and enslaved Africans on this immersive outdoor tour of Liverpool's slave trade legacy. Explore historic docks, warehouses, and civic halls, uncovering hidden plaques and artefacts. Visit the International Slavery Museum and reflect at the Waterfront Viewpoint. This self-guided journey reveals the city's pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade and challenges you to reckon with its enduring impact. Solve puzzles, explore the city, and find hidden gems at your own pace. Try a new type of experience with your smartphone, the perfect mix between a walking tour, sightseeing, and a scavenger hunt.
Highlights
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Full flexibility: start at any hour, take a break at any time and resume later
Next-gen mobile app guides you through each step of your adventure
Explore the surroundings with a truly unique, immersive, GPS-enabled experience
Interactive self-guided tour lets you move at your own pace
A physical tour guide (not included)
Meeting Points
Departure
Use Google Maps or other map services to arrive at this location. When you arrive, please follow the instructions inside the indicated mobile app closely.
Return
Liverpool Town Hall
Reach this checkpoint to complete the tour.
Liverpool Slave Trade History GPS App Walking Tour Mobile Game
About
Walk in the footsteps of merchants, sailors, and enslaved Africans on this immersive outdoor tour of Liverpool's slave trade legacy. Explore historic docks, warehouses, and civic halls, uncovering hidden plaques and artefacts. Visit the International Slavery Museum and reflect at the Waterfront Viewpoint. This self-guided journey reveals the city's pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade and challenges you to reckon with its enduring impact. Solve puzzles, explore the city, and find hidden gems at your own pace. Try a new type of experience with your smartphone, the perfect mix between a walking tour, sightseeing, and a scavenger hunt.
Highlights
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Full flexibility: start at any hour, take a break at any time and resume later
Next-gen mobile app guides you through each step of your adventure
Explore the surroundings with a truly unique, immersive, GPS-enabled experience
Interactive self-guided tour lets you move at your own pace
A physical tour guide (not included)
Meeting Points
Departure
Use Google Maps or other map services to arrive at this location. When you arrive, please follow the instructions inside the indicated mobile app closely.
Return
Liverpool Town Hall
Reach this checkpoint to complete the tour.
Itinerary
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Visit the remains of Liverpool's Old Dock—the world's first commercial wet dock, opened in 1715. Discover original bricks and iron moorings, and learn about the dock's central role in maritime innovation and the transatlantic slave trade.
10 minutes
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Discover Liverpool’s pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade. This tour unveils the city's past, from ships exchanging British goods for enslaved Africans, through the horrific Middle Passage, to returning home with riches that shaped Liverpool’s skyline and society.
10 minutes
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Wander Salthouse Dock, Liverpool's 18th-century maritime hub. Discover original dock walls and learn how ships were loaded for transatlantic voyages—including the city's role in the slave trade.
10 minutes
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End your journey at Liverpool's International Slavery Museum, where powerful exhibits and personal testimonies bring the history and legacies of the transatlantic slave trade to life. Explore, reflect, and connect past to present.
20 minutes
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Explore Liverpool's Canning Dock, a UNESCO-listed site at the heart of the city's maritime and slave trade history. Seek out original mooring rings, plaques, and markers that tell the story of ships like the Brookes and the dock's role in 18th-century commerce. An essential stop for those interested in the city's complex past.
10 minutes
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Liverpool Waterfront
Liverpool Waterfront (near Museum of Liverpool): Take a panoramic photo of the River Mersey, reflecting on its role in Atlantic trade and the transatlantic slave trade. A powerful site for remembrance and reflection.
20 minutes
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Liverpool Canal Link - Waterfront Albert Dock
Stand at Liverpool's Pier Head, where historic voyages began and ended. Explore statues and plaques that reveal the city's role in Atlantic trade and the transatlantic slave trade. Trace the outward, middle, and homeward passages of a typical slaving voyage, and reflect on the stories that shaped Liverpool's waterfront.
10 minutes
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Explore Liverpool's Goree Piazzas, 18th-century arches named after a slave-trading island. Discover plaques and faded inscriptions that reveal the city's role in the transatlantic slave trade. A powerful journey through history and remembrance.
10 minutes
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Liverpool Town Hall
Stand beneath Liverpool Town Hall's grand façade and uncover the names of slaving captains and ships immortalized in stone. Explore the city's mercantile past and reflect on the debates and decisions that shaped Liverpool's role in the transatlantic slave trade.
