Narrowboat Tacet

Silent Movement - Our gap year travelling the inland waterways



Monday 30 September 2013

City Tower

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St John’s Beacon was built in the 1960’s, towering  above all the other buildings in the city at the time at 138 metres above sea level. Its main purpose was as a ventilation shaft for the shopping centre below.  The top of the beacon was a revolving restaurant during the 70’s until it was closed down for health and safety reasons.

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Now the ‘crows nest’ is home to Radio City broadcasting three stations across Liverpool and the North West.

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Yesterday on yet another gloriously sunny day we took the lift, for a speedy 40 second ride to the viewing gallery at the top. It makes your ears go pop, it’s so fast.

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Then we spent a long time just enjoying the views out across the Mersey and the city, spotting places we could recognise and trying to work out where the MSC entrance is.

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We could see Albert Dock and Salthouse Dock quite clearly but not Tacet, the Hilton Hotel got in the way!

P1050080A ground level view, on our return.

2 comments:

  1. The tower certainly gives some great views and is well worth the visit. On a good day you can see Blackpool Tower and the snow on the Welsh mountains. Did you have the ex boxer as the guide. He was a real scream and was very proud of his city.
    All the best
    Bob

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    1. We tried to spot Blackpool tower but not sure we found it. Didn't get a guided tour though.

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