North Western

After it's £2 million makeover, this city-centre Wetherspoon, is named in honour of the building's original use - the North Western Hotel. With 330 luxurious rooms, it first opened in 1871. It was built by the London & North Western Railway to serve Lime Street Station. This impressive piece of Liverpool architecture crown, designed by the Aigburth-born architect, Alfred Waterhouse. It closed it's doors in the early 1930s and remained empty until 1996, when the upper floors were converted into student Halls of Residence. The ground floor then became a public house. Opens at 6am for food. Alcohol served from 8am.