Enter the Albert Dock complex through the Britannia Pavilion by the Beatles Story and pass through to the dockside. Walk right, winding round to emerge by Albert Salthouse Bridge. Follow the service road left and then right to the main road. Cross at the traffic lights and go left. Turn right up James Street and on past the Victoria Monument down Lord Street. Later pedestrianised, it continues as Church Street. Towards the end, opposite Marks and Spencers, Church Alley on the right leads to the Bluecoat School.

Return and carry on to the end of Church Street, crossing to Bold Street, beside the Lyceum Post Office opposite. Reaching the top, turn right in front of St Luke's Church Gardens along Berry Street. After 0.25 miles (400m), at the next major junction, the ceremonial archway into Chinatown can be seen ahead to the right. The route, however, is left along Upper Duke Street, off which is the entrance to the Anglican Cathedral.

Return to Upper Duke Street and cross into Rodney Street opposite. Take the first right up Mount Street and go left at the top along Hope Street, passing the Philharmonic Hall. At the end, turn left in front of the Catholic Cathedral down Mount Pleasant.

Reaching the bottom, go left and then right in front of the Adelphi Hotel along Lime Street. On the corner by the Crown Hotel, turn up right to enter Lime Street Station. Walk forward past statues of Ken Dodd and Bessie Braddock, then swing left to leave by the front entrance. Back on Lime Street, continue right to the Empire Theatre.

Cross left at the lights and carry on past the end of St George's Hall down William Brown Street (the Walker Art Gallery and Liverpool Museum is down on the right). Behind St George's Hall, swing left into St John's Gardens. Walk down right, leaving by steps at the bottom onto Victoria Street by the Hillsborough Memorial. Go left and left again up St John's Lane, then turn right just before the Marriot Hotel, passing beneath an arch into Queen Square. Leave along a canopied walkway at the far side, swinging right and descending steps into Whitechapel.

Walk left past the bus station, continuing forward as it becomes pedestrianised. Turn right into Stanley Street, then left along Mathew Street, past the Cavern Club. Emerging onto North John Street, go left to a major junction, there turning right along Lord Street back up to Victoria's statue.

Now, go right along Castle Street, swinging left in front of the Town Hall along Water Street before taking the second right into Rumford Street. Go left along Chapel Street and at the bottom by the Parish Church, cross the main dock road on the traffic lights and bear left beside the Royal Liver Building to the riverfront, crossing a tunnel that brings the Leeds and Liverpool Canal into the Albert Dock.

Go left past the Pier Head and Museum of Liverpool, crossing a lock bridge. Keep ahead past the Pier Master's House and Tate Gallery into the covered walkway overlooking the Albert Dock. At the corner swing left and then right to return to the car parks.