St James Mount and The Gardens

Liverpool

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mrsmollyc

10 Apr 2026

Not suitable for solo travellers on wheels!

Date of visit: November 2025

I am a disabled person. I have experience of challenges around: accessing toilets and moving around.

I use or have experience of: disabled toilet, wheelchair

The entrance by Upper Parliament Street. A large stone archway with an open metal gate inside. There are cobbles leading up to the gate

A winding pathway goes through lots of green grass and shrubs. Some gravestones can be seen amongst the greenery

A smooth tarmac path splits in two through the garden with grass and trees all around the paths

A tarmac path curves through a park, a wooden bench is on the left of the path and large trees are behind it. Above the trees you can see the tower of Liverpool Cathedral in the setting sun

A shot of Liverpool Cathedral from the middle of the garden. Stone paths can be seen travelling through the garden and trees are behind the paths. The cathedral rises up from behind the trees

A tall circular structure rises up from the ground. It has some tiny square windows around the top of the structure before a domed roof. This is St James Mount where the park gets its name

Overall Rating

Poor

This park was originally the cemetery for the cathedral. It was considered full up in 1936 after more than 57,000 burials. In the 1960s, proposals were made to make it into a public garden and that’s what we see today. The garden is located behind Liverpool Cathedral and is quite low down. I made the very silly mistake of not judging how steep the pathways were before I merrily rolled my way down to have a look. I then realised my mistake as I sat looking at these two very steep paths back up in an entirely empty park. After a minor panic and some strategizing I just used the length of the park to build up some speed with my power attachment and gave my power attachments some words of encouragement and we made it out together! I did enjoy exploring this garden, there was an interesting structure that the garden is named after, St James Mount. And there was even a small spring that was coming out of the wall. Although I found it an interesting stop, if you are on wheels or struggle with hills, I would say it’s not worth the steep inclines.

Disabled Access In and Around

Poor

There are two ways to enter and exit this park. The park runs the length of the cathedral and has an entrance on either side. Both are incredibly steep, the one that comes out near Upper Duke Street would almost be safer as stairs because of how steep it is. The path that comes out near Upper Parliament Street is wider and longer so the gradient is not as severe as the other one. But it’s still quite steep, especially when you suddenly remember that you need to leave the park again! The paths through the flat part of the garden are mainly a smooth tarmac which was easy to navigate in my wheelchair.

Accessible facilities: Seating at regular intervals, Step-free entrance

Parking & Transport

Average

I travelled to this place by walk or wheel

There is some parking for people visiting the cathedral including some accessible parking spaces. The cathedral is roughly 1 kilometre from Liverpool Central Metro Station which has step-free access from the street to the train. This station is on the Wirral and Northern lines.

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