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Mathew Street
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Situated in the Cavern Quarter at the heart of the city. Liverpool's most famous street not only houses the Cavern Club but numerous references and connections to the "four lads who shook the world" and Liverpool's long musical heritage. There's shopping, bars and pubs, and come summer weekends the street is packed with partying locals and tourists.
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Neighborhood: Central Liverpool
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851 within 6 miles
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Renata M
Bacina, Croatia3 contributions
At night
Aug 2022 • Family
Great place, each bar has live music, great musicians. The best music scene ever. My advice: go to Magic bus tour, with their tickets from a tour, which are not expensive, you have 3 free entrancies to Cavern Club. Next advice: go to the bars at 9 pm, that's when live music starts and it usually stops at 11 pm.
You won't be able to leave that place next 5 hours, believe me
Written August 13, 2022
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tomalli68
Falkirk, UK601 contributions
Mixed bag
Jun 2022 • Couples
Visted during the daytime and the evening. By day it was fairly quiet, easy to move around, plenty space in the local pubs etc. We went to rubber soul - £2.50 a pint Mon -Thurs so really cannot complain about it being expensive. By evening it becomes very busy, music belting out from every pub, some live music, some general music played by the pub. Can imagine this area would be a nightmare with stag, hen parties and the likes. Very much a tourist trap. Whilst original cavarn club was torn down years ago it was good to see the area that was the hub for many an iconic band. If you're not too keen on large crowns then go by day and take on some of the atmosphere.
Written June 20, 2022
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Geoff H
Sissinghurst, UK12,156 contributions
A "must to see"
Nov 2021
Mathew Street should be a "must to see" by anyone who visits Liverpool but how it has changed since I was last here when I was a regular at the Cavern Club 55+ years ago. Mathew Street, originally named Mathew Pluckington Street, was, in the 1700s, when Liverpool was starting to become a major shipping port, an area of warehouses. In the late 1950s, however, Mathew Street became the hub of the Liverpool music scene and the home of the now world-famous Cavern Club where one certain group, The Beatles, began its rise to fame. As well as many statues, etc, of The Beatles there is also a very unusual bust; that of Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung. Despite never visiting Liverpool, Jung had a dream which he thought was about Liverpool. He believed this so much that he wrote "Liverpool is the pool of life, it makes to live" in his book "Memories, Dreams, Refelctions". A local businessman considered that Mathew Street was the place that Jung had dreamt about and he converted a warehouse into The Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun. That building is now Flanagan's Apple pub with the bust of Carl Jung adorning its wall.
Written December 6, 2021
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K Powell
Liverpool, UK12 contributions
It should be called Dive street….
Oct 2022 • Family
Well what can I say….. Liverpool you have truly let yourself down… On all the visits I’ve done back to Liverpool to see family I’ve never taken my young daughters into Liverpool city centre in the evening. Last week I decided too. We went to see the lights and to Cosmo for food and I thought why not. I wanted to show them where nanny use to spend her weekends in her hey day. Wish I hadn’t bothered, walking down Mathew street I was disgusted to find full rubbish bins, tacky cheap bars rammed with people vomiting outside them (it was 7pm), we walked straight past the cavern, didn’t even recognise it. Absolutely shocking. Considering this is a massive tourist attraction you would have thought Liverpool council would have kept some semblance of decorum down there. It’s bloody awful and definitely not worth the visit…….
Written November 9, 2022
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alastair b
Dollar, UK10 contributions
Great time
Oct 2021 • Couples
Cabin Club was great atmosphere. Arrived 9.30 pm on Thursday and at around 10.15 a Beatles tribute band came on and belted out the Beatles classics. They were not the best tribute band in the world but in the setting of the club and the material
they were performing none of that mattered. Lost my voice in the collective sing along and before I knew it was 1am and time to go! Well worth a visit!
Written October 19, 2021
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therichastill
Stevenage, UK2,118 contributions
Musical History
Aug 2020
Mathew Street is located in the city centre of Liverpool and is the location of the world famous Cavern Club. Sadly the club is long gone but the location is commemorated.

There are a number of bars in the area and Beatles information. I would definitely recommend a visit by music fans to give a history of the area. It's not just about the Beatles though so don't ignore the area just because you don't like the Fab Four.

There are also some cool shops in the area too.
Written August 7, 2020
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Jos W
Plymouth, UK247 contributions
Terrific experience
Mar 2020 • Couples
Needless to say if your a Beatles fan and are in Liverpool you need to head to Mathew Street. It’s in the heart of the city centre and home to the famous Cavern Club. Go and take a wander down the historic street where “it” all started.

But don’t confuse it with the Cavern Club with the Cavern Pub on the same street! Which in itself is interesting enough. All the bricks outside are inscribed with names of the famous musicians that have been there. Then there is a statue of John Lennon leaning against the wall, which can be easily missed.

Also in the street just outside the Cavern CLUB, (for which I have a separate review) is a statue of our lovely Cilla!
Written March 7, 2020
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elizamack
Haddenham, UK72 contributions
Avoid in the evening
Aug 2021 • Family
We'd visited here before on a lovely quiet Sunday afternoon. This time we visited at 5pm on a Saturday evening and it was bonkers. Lots of hen and stag nights making an early start, loud bars and a barrage of people it was like a trippy theme tribute to The Beatles.
Nowhere really to stop and eat and we managed to find the only window where The Cavern was closed.

Mad.
Written August 10, 2021
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Mark T
Dudley, UK227 contributions
Memories of the Beatles
Aug 2020
Well worth a visit being only a five minute walk from Liverpool one shopping centre.
You can visit the Cavern where the Beatles and many other top bands played at and have a drink there with plenty of memorabilia to look at and listen to live music as well at certain times of the day and night although it is closed at the moment due to coronavirus.
Also along the street are statues of Various artists including Cilla Black.
Plenty of bars to have a drink at as well.
Well worth a visit especially if you were a Beatles fan.
Written August 5, 2020
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Nigel G
Singapore, Singapore8,588 contributions
No visit to Liverpool complete without Mathew Street
Aug 2021 • Solo
The heart of the Beatles Story! The Grapes, the Cavern, nearby statues, Beatles and Elenor Rigby, and the White Star. If your using GPS to find it note the irregular spelling of Mathew. It confused me!!

This is the drumbeat - follow it and enjoy the music. Plenty of choice - the Grapes happens to be my favourite. So exciting here.
Written August 29, 2021
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