Conservation Areas

The city has 35 conservation areas covering 1,005 ha (about 9% of the city area) and protecting some 19,000 properties (about 9% of the total number of properties in the city).

You can view the areas on our Map of conservation areas.

Areas and dates designated

Date of designationExtension dateExtension dateExtension date
1. Castle Street31.07.196817.11.197608.04.1981, 24.04.199630.01.1985, 22.04.2004
1. Rodney Street31.07.196817.11.197624.04.1996 (Boundary Amendment 24.01.2003)
1. Grassendale and Cressington Park13.11.196824.04.1996
1. St Michaels Hamlet12.12.196824.04.1996
1. Gateacre Village22.01.196917.11.197627.01.198224.04.1996
William Brown Street03.09.1969
1. Woolton Village08.11.19696.10.198223.11.198824.04.1996
1. Childwall Abbey30.07.196915.01.1991
1. West Derby Village30.07.1969
1. Princes Park29.07.197024.04.1996
1. Sefton Park20.01.197114.06.198015.12.198224.04.1996
1. Mossley Hill31.03.197130.01.198524.04.1996
1. Ogden Close04.08.1971
   Mill Bank24.04.1996(Area no longer subject to Conservation Control)
1. Muirhead Avenue04.08.1971(Boundary Amendment 02.05.2003)
1. Hunts Cross Avenue04.08.1971
1. Newenham Crescent22.12.197124.04.1996
1. Princes Road22.12.197124.04.1996
1. Wavertree Garden Suburb22.12.1971
1. Canning Street22.12.197117.11.1976 Boundary Amendment 24.04.1996)
1. Fulwood Park20.12.197224.04.1996
1. Albert Dock17.11.197624.01.2003
1. Grove Park17.11.1976
1. Mount Pleasant17.11.1976
1. Walton-on-the-Hill17.11.197624.04.1996
1. Lark Lane17.11.197624.04.1996 (Boundary Amendment 24.04.1996)
1. Edge Hill11.04.197924.04.1996
1. Wavertree Village07.11.1979
1. Derwent Square08.04.1981
1. Newsham Park03.03.1982
1. Shaw Street16.02.1988
1. Duke Street06.09.198828.11.1990 (Boundary Amendment 24.01.2003)24.01.2003
Stanley Dock24.01.2003
2. Knotty Ash13.04.2004
2. Toxteth Park & Avenues29.04.2005
Kensington Fields02.11.2007

1. = Article 4(1) Direction confirmed by Secretary of State.
2. = Article 4(2) Direction confirmed by Council.