Prince's Dock, Liverpool

Prince's Dock
Prince's Dock, Liverpool Waterfront
Location
LocationLiverpool, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°24′32″N 2°59′56″W / 53.40889°N 2.99889°W / 53.40889; -2.99889
OS gridSJ336908
Details
OwnerThe Peel Group[1]
OperatorMersey Docks and Harbour Company
Opened1821[2]
TypeWet dock
Joins
Area11 acres (4.5 ha), 3,889 sq yd (3,252 m2)[3]
Width at entrance45 ft (14 m)[3]
Quay length1,613 yd (1,475 m)[3]

Prince's Dock[nb 1][4] is a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is the most southerly of the docks situated in the northern part of the Liverpool dock system, connected to Prince's Half-Tide Dock to the north. The dock is now in the buffer zone to one of Liverpool's World Heritage Sites.

  1. ^ "Liverpool Canal Link Skipper's Guide 2016" (PDF). Canal & River Trust. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ Ashmore 1982, p. 163
  3. ^ a b c Baines 1859, Part II, p. 116
  4. ^ "Great Britain: OS Six Inch, 1888-1913". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 12 October 2016.


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