Harbours & ports · North West England
Port of Garston
In or near Roby.
Port of Garston — docks on the River Mersey, Liverpool, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cressington · 0.9 km
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Port of Garston is a harbour in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "docks on the River Mersey, Liverpool, England". Coordinates: 53.3510°, -2.9070°.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2020
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Mersey Estuary SSSI
- Ramsar wetland: Mersey Estuary
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Port of Garston, also known as Garston Docks, is an enclosed tidal dock system on the River Mersey at Garston, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from the centre of Liverpool, England. It is operated by Associated British Ports who are the Harbour Authority. Peel Ports as Competent Harbour Authority for the River Mersey provide pilotage for any non-exempt vessels calling at the port.
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Background
History
The first dock to be built at Garston was built in 1793 for Blackburne’s saltworks. The docks today were originally set up by the St. Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway Company in June 1853. It contains Old Dock, North Dock and Stalbridge Dock. Old Dock was the first to open in 1853, followed by North Dock in 1875 and then Stalbridge Dock in 1909.
Visiting
The present site covers 65 acre and a has quay length of nearly 2,00 metres. The port handles around 500,000 tonnes of cargo a year and has facilities for handling grain, steel, scrap metal and has 8,500sqm of multi-purpose cargo storage. In 2020, the port invested in 20,000 square feet of warehousing and sixteen storage bays to increase its capacity for handling 60,000 tonnes of aggregates a year.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.3510, -2.9070
- District
- Liverpool
- Parish
- Liverpool, unparished area
- Postcode
- L19 2HR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Garston
- Nearest railway station
- Cressington — 0.9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7231143 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Port of Garston (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Port of Garston?
- Port of Garston is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode L19 2HR), in the parish of Liverpool, unparished area.
- What is Port of Garston?
- Port of Garston — docks on the River Mersey, Liverpool, England.
- How do I get to Port of Garston?
- The nearest railway station is Cressington, about 0.9 km away. Drivers can use postcode L19 2HR.
- Is Port of Garston a protected site?
- Yes — Port of Garston is part of the Mersey Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Mersey Estuary Ramsar wetland.
- How do I get to Port of Garston?
- The nearest railway station is Cressington, about 0.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode L19 2HR.