The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes but can go over and last up to 120 minutes (or eternity) depending on group size and pace so please allow for this.
We have a ZERO policy on alcohol consumption before and during the tour and don't tolerate bad behaviour. An early grave can be arranged.
If you are a Hen or Stag- Do Party- please get in touch with us direct before booking so we can help you plan your Shiverpool experience.
Please note that you should bring your own torch. The Cemetery location is very dark during the Autumn and Winter months and the space is not lit with street lights.
Guide Dogs Only- although we love all creatures great and small we can only permit guide dogs onto our show due to the nature of the experience.
Wellington boots / protective grippy footwear is essential as it can get muddy and slippy in the cemetery.
We have a Strict NO SMOKING POLICY that includes VAPES and E- Cigarettes.
We would not recommend this tour for those not firm on their feet, are visually impaired or have a delicate disposition.
This tour is for some wheelchairs non wheelchair accessible. Wherever possible Shiverpool always try to accommodate those with mobility issues or disabilities and make our tours inclusive for everyone. Please let us know when you book if you have any disabilities or mobility issues.
An exploration of Liverpool's Old Necropolis of St James' Cemetery Gardens...
Promenade street theatre and storytelling at its finest and most entertaining.
A crucible of Contrasts, Ghosts and Ghoulish creatures, History and Heritage Magic and Medicine, Squalour and Splendor, A most Gothic and glorious setting- The Liverpool Secret Garden Cemetery Tour really has it all...
A unique gaze into the lives of others, those now, on the other side. Immersed within an enchanted garden, formerly the Necropolis of Liverpool, City of the Dead, St James' Cemetery Gardens.
Through the prism of our signature expert storytelling and award-winning guiding skills Shiverpool will transport you on a spine-tingling Gothic odyssey through the layers of time and place where spooky spirits dance and storytellers dream & weave their tales in the pale moonlight, a journey you are unlikely to forget...
An experience that embraces history & folklore, ghostly ghoulish fables, the gruesome chapters of Victorian Public Health and the innovations there in, The Cemetery Shivers Tour explores and dissects the grim narrative of the darker side of Liverpool's past, and stitches together the beginning middle and end, where death completes us all. That last patch of untouched snow that no-one can report back on... Or so they say!
This experience also explores our attitudes to death and dying - hark dear creatures, It is Death that makes life worth living! We will also find hope in the darkness and discover pioneers that really did carve out a legacy that gave love life and friendship to the story of Liverpool's great and good.
Dear Fearless Friends,
We're going to hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
If any activities are booked; in the event that you're unable to attend your selected date or indeed, if the powers that be determine another local or national lock down is needed, we will be flexible as a Yogi Master and credit your account with the value of the ticket price - This ticket can be redeemed for up to a year on any tour, subject to availability. We can also extend this policy to any individuals in your party and convert single tickets into credit notes for Gift Vouchers too.
We have completed a robust health and safety assessment and conclusively concluded, it is risky!
The Philharmonic Dining Rooms, 36 Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 9BX
The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is the name of a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. It is commonly known as 'The Phil.'
The nearest Merseyrail Station is Liverpool Lime Street
Begin your Journey outside Liverpool’s most famously haunted hostelry The Philharmonic Pub, surrounded by the former hospitals, asylums, workhouses and children’s homes once served by the Necropolis. View the surrounding neighbourhood that envelops the Dormitory of the Dead, St James’ Cemetery.
Enter Liverpool’s Père Lachaise, City of the Dead, St James’ Secret Garden Cemetery…
Listen to your guide masterfully weave ghostly tales and gruesome fables, medical accounts of the realities of the many Public Health crisis experienced by the city’s residents all swept up in the melancholy moods that pass through this great green lung…
Absorb Liverpool’s awe-inspiring Anglican Cathedral “head and shoulders of the City” from the underbelly of this sea soaked sanctuary, arguably one of the most spectre-acular vantage points!
Experience the otherworldly soul of St. James’ Cemetery Gardens after dark, where nearly 58,000 of Liverpool’s great and good are entombed.
Visit the venerable Chalybeate spring- where Liverpool’s only remaining natural spa waters flow from the rock bed of the town – believed to possess enlivening healing properties, still enjoyed by the residents to this day.
Marvel at the impressive mausoleums and shrines including William Huskisson- the first victim to fall beneath the grinding might of a locomotive train- whose ghoulish presence still haunts his final resting place…
Have a renewed vigour for life and the living, for it is when we are surrounded by the dead, it is thus that we can feel most alive!
If you survive the tour ask your Shiverpool Guide about the Ghost-Map Poster & Ghost-Card that accompanies the tour experience. You can have yours for just £15 (cash only) Text 07771544270 to pre-order or reserve yours!
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