Liverpool Cathedral voted 'Britain's Best' religious building

Liverpool Cathedral has been voted the third best attraction to visit in the UK. The national poll, which was held over a six month period in 2007 and attracted over 600,000 votes via web, red button, post, phone and SMS. 

The award winning Cathedral received nearly 100,000 votes and managed to beat some of the ’s most famous destinations including world heritage site- Hadrian’s Wall, royal favorite–Buckingham Palace and king of the family fun day out - Alton Towers .  It came above other famous Cathedrals such as Westminster Abbey, York Minster and Lincoln Cathedral.  The poll was conducted as part of UK TV History channel’s ‘Britain ’s Best’ series hosted by Alan Titchmarsh.  Stonehenge came first and HMS Victory second.   

Director of Hospitality, Eryl Parry said ‘We are delighted to have received such recognition from the general public whom we serve.  It is also a very good indicator not only of the feelings that such a building engenders but the welcome they receive.  For Liverpool , it is a further sign of its growing importance as a visitor destination – and the part that Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s 20^th century masterpiece plays in it.’

 The attractions Liverpool Cathedral beat…

A
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Garden
Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Avebury
Ayscoughfee Hall


B
Bamburgh Castle
Beamish Museum
Belton House
Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms
Blackpool Tower
Blenheim Palace
Bletchley Park
Bodiam Castle
Bodnant Gardens
Brontë Parsonage
Buckingham Palace
Burghley House


C
Canterbury Cathedral
Carreg Cennen Castle
Castell Coch
Castle Howard
Chatham Historic Dockyard
Chatsworth Garden
Chatsworth House
Chirk Castle
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Conwy Castle
Coventry Cathedral
Cragside
Crathes Castle Gardens
Crofton Beam Engines
Culloden Battle Field

D
Dover Castle
Dudley Canal Tunnel & Limestone Mines
Dunfermline Abbey
Durham Cathedral


E
Edinburgh Castle
Ely Cathedral

F
Fishbourne Roman Palace
Forth Bridge
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden

G
Glasgow Cathedral

H
Haddon Hall
Hampton Court
Hardwick Hall
Harewood House
Harlech Castle

K
Kendal Castle
Kenilworth Castle
Kensington Palace
Kew Gardens
Kinneil House and Museum


L
Lancaster Castle
Lanhydrock
Leeds Castle
Levens Hall and Gardens
Lincoln Castle
Linlithgow Palace
Lost Gardens of Heligan


M
Mayflower Steps
Metropolitan Cathedral Liverpool
Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well
Muncaster Castle

N
New Lanark
Nottingham Castle


P
Portmeirion


R
Rochester Castle
Royal Pavilion

S
Salisbury Cathedral
Scone Palace
Sherwood Forest
Skara Brae
Skipton Castle
Southsea Castle
St Davids Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral
Stirling Castle

T
Tattershall Castle
Tatton Park Mansion
Tintern Abbey
Tower of London
Twyford Waterworks


W
Wallace Monument
Warwick Castle
Wentworth Castle Gardens
Westminster Abbey
Whitby Abbey
Woolsthorpe Manor
Worsbrough Mill Museum