Tall Ships

Over 70 Tall Ships will be berthed in Liverpool's docks over the weekend of 18 to 21 July, 2008.

The ships will be located in Wellington Dock, Sandon Half Tide Dock, Albert Dock, Canning Dock and Canning Half Tide Dock.

Ships at Wellington Dock and Sandon Half Tide Dock will be open to the public from 10am to 10pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Download maps of the Tall Ships berths

The smaller ships berthed in Albert Dock, Canning Dock and Canning Half Tide Dock will only be available for viewing and are not open to the public.

A shuttle bus will run every 10 to 15 minutes from St Nicholas's Place close to the Albert Dock north to Wellington and Sandon Dock, tickets cost £1 or are free with a park and ride ticket or pensioner travel pass.

The Lord Nelson berthed in Wellington Dock has wheelchair access.

Wellington Dock

Lord Nelson (53m)
Stavros S Niarchos (60m)
Alexander Von Humboldt (63m)
Pelican (45m)
Christian Radich (59m)
Cuauhtemoc (91m)
Capitan Miranda (60m)
Roald Amundsen (51m)

Sandon Half Tide Dock

Svanhild (32m)
Mir (103m)
Dar Mlodziezy (120m)
Cisne Branco (78m)
Statsraad Lehmkuhl (99m)
Sorlandet (65m)
Eendracht (59m)
Shahab Oman (52m)

Albert Dock

Lord Rank (21m)
John Laing (21m)
Jolie Brise (23m)
Dasher (17m)
Spaniel (18m)
Morning Star of Revelation (19m)
Stina Mari (18m)
Lietuva (17m)
Moosk (18m)
Assarain II (18m)
Westward Ho (25m)
Urania (27m)
Antwerp Flyer (28m)
Gaudeamus (14m)
Black Diamond of Durham (14m)
Esprit (20m)
Alba Explorer (22m)
Clyde Challenger (21m)
Gedania (24m)
Hebe II (12m)
Fraggle (11m)
Zryw (12m)
St Barbara V (12m)
Rzeszowiak (14m)
Akela (14m)
Gwarek (14m)
Nitron (14m)
Williwaw (14.5m)
Greater Manchester Challenge (26m)
Glaciere of Liverpool (27m)
Rupel (20m)
Rona II (21m)
Royalist (30m)
Jens Krogh (24m)
Ocean Spirit of Moray (25m)

Canning Half Tide Dock

HMS Ranger (Royal Navy Patrol Craft)
HMS Blazer (Royal Navy Patrol Craft)
Pogoria (50m)
Kaliakra (52m)
Spirit of Fairbridge (28m)

Canning Dock

Asgard (31m)
Morgenster (49m)
Leader (28.5m)
Etoile (39m)
Kapitan Glowacki (29m)
Constantia (32m)
Far Barcelona (30m)

Event organisers are encouraging visitors to use the park and ride facilities or public transport.

There are park and ride locations at Speke Hall Avenue south of the city, Aintree Racecourse in the north and Hooton Airfield in Wirral, in total there are 6000 spaces with 25 buses running to the city centre. Park and ride tickets cost £8.