Anfield Stadium Tour

For football fans, a visit to Anfield is a pilgrimage, and the stadium tour is the best way to get behind the scenes of one of the most famous grounds in the world. Liverpool FC have played here since 1892, and the stadium has grown steadily, most recently with the expanded Anfield Road End, so it now holds more than 60,000 fans on matchdays. The self-guided tour, led by a multimedia guide in thirteen languages, takes you into the home dressing room, where the shirts hang on their pegs, and the away dressing room, then down the players’ tunnel past the famous This Is Anfield sign, which players touch on their way out. You emerge pitchside to look up at the Kop, the vast single-tier stand behind the goal, before sitting in the press room to try your hand at a post-match press conference. The ticket also includes the interactive LFC Museum, which tells the club’s story from its founding through the Shankly and Paisley eras to recent Premier League and Champions League triumphs, with every major trophy on display, including the six European Cups. On some days in school term time, English-speaking guides lead tours. This page links to the official tour ticket on Tiqets.

How to visit: Anfield is on Anfield Road, L4 0TH, about two miles north-east of the city centre. The 26 bus from Liverpool ONE bus station, the 17 from Queen Square and the 917 from St Johns Lane all run to the stadium, and a taxi from the centre takes fifteen to twenty minutes. Tours run daily from 10am to 4pm, with last entry at 3pm. Go straight to the stadium with your mobile ticket. Suitcases and large bags are not allowed and there is no storage, so leave luggage at your hotel. The Tiqets ticket can be cancelled or rescheduled free of charge until 11:59pm on the day before your visit.

What to expect: allow about two hours for the tour and the museum. The dressing rooms cannot be visited on the day before a home match, and tours change or close around match days and big events, so check the fixture list when you choose your date. The route includes stairs and pitchside seating, and the museum is busy at lunchtime, so take your time with the trophies early or late.

Making the most of it: combine the tour with a pint and a pie in one of the pubs on Walton Breck Road, and walk round to the Shankly Gates and the Hillsborough memorial outside the stadium. If you also want Everton, Hill Dickinson Stadium is a short taxi ride away on the waterfront.