Dale Street

Dale Street, Liverpool
Dale Street with Municipal Buildings tower in the distance
Dale Street is located in Liverpool
Dale Street
LocationLiverpool city centre
Postal codeL2
Coordinates53°24′29″N 2°59′13″W / 53.408°N 2.987°W / 53.408; -2.987
Other
Known for
  • Offices, hotels, restaurants, historic buildings

Dale Street is a thoroughfare in Liverpool city centre, England.

The street was one of the original seven streets that made up the medieval borough founded by King John in 1207, together with Castle Street, Old Hall Street, Chapel Street, High Street, Tithebarn Street and Water Street.[1] It contains many Grade II listed buildings.[2]

Alois Hitler Jr, the half brother of Adolf Hitler, ran a restaurant there. Bridget Hitler, the wife of Alois, maintained that Adolf lived with them in Liverpool from 1912 to 1913[3] while he was on the run for dodging the draft in his native Austria-Hungary.

In 1970, the Churchill Way Flyovers were opened, linking Dale Street and Tithebarn Street to Lime Street.[4] Built as part of an inner-city ring road project that was never fully completed, the flyovers were demolished in 2019 having been deemed unsafe.

  1. ^ Grimsditch, Lee (7 August 2021). "12 original Liverpool street names and reasons why they changed". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Buildings of Dale Street". Liverpool World Heritage. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Your Story: Adolf Hitler - did he visit Liverpool during 1912-13?". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  4. ^ Thorp, Liam (27 June 2021). "After the flyovers: What next for Churchill Way demolition site". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 27 May 2024.