Liverpool's Central Library has been voted, somewhat surprisingly, the number one attraction in the city by users of travel site TripAdvisor.
The library topped a poll that featured 124 more traditional attractions - including iconic ones such as The Beatles Story, the Walker Art Gallery, Museum of Liverpool and the birth homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It is the only public library in the UK to come anywhere close to being a city's top attraction.
The news comes six months after the library reopened following a £50m restoration. Since then, it has received more than 400,000 visits.
Liverpool City Council’s cabinet member responsible for libraries, Wendy Simon, says: “The feedback we’ve had has been overwhelming, with people loving the painstaking restoration work which has been carried out, set against stunning new features, such as the atrium and roof terrace.”
The TripAdvisor popularity index is calculated from millions of traveller reviews, so to get the top spot, shows how popular the library is.
