Gardens · North West England
Florence Institute
In or near Liverpool.
Florence Institute — a garden in wales-north, United Kingdom.
Stephen Richards — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Brunswick · 0.5 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Florence Institute is a garden of interest in wales-north, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Florence Institute for Boys, known colloquially as The Florrie, is a local landmark and a Grade II listed building on Mill Street in the Dingle, Liverpool, England (grid reference SJ356878).
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Probably designed by H W Keef, it was built in 1889 by Sir Bernard Hall, a West Indies merchant, Alderman and former Mayor of Liverpool. His daughter Florence died while in Paris at the age of 22 and he built this boys' club For a hundred years the 'Florrie' served the working and unemployed youth of the tough dock-side area. On the weekends dances were provided. Towards the end of the 1980s, at the depths of the economic slump for Liverpool the funding dried up for the Institute and in 1987 it was sold and its management, The Florence Institute Incorporated Company, was dissolved in 1988 with the intention that the charitable work should be continued by another body. Unfortunately this…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.3836, -2.9688
- District
- Liverpool
- Parish
- Liverpool, unparished area
- Postcode
- L8 4RF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Established
- 1890
- Nearest railway station
- Brunswick — 0.5 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q5460651 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Florence Institute (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Florence Institute?
- Florence Institute is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode L8 4RF), in the parish of Liverpool, unparished area.
- What is Florence Institute?
- Florence Institute — a garden in wales-north, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Florence Institute?
- The nearest railway station is Brunswick, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode L8 4RF.
- When was Florence Institute built?
- Built or established in 1890.
- How do I get to Florence Institute?
- The nearest railway station is Brunswick, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode L8 4RF.