Type ‘Liverpool’ into Google and it will come up with Liverpool FC, that’s how popular football is in this northwest English city. Famous for The Beatles, Liverpool is a maritime city, a key trade and migration port from the 18th to the 20th centuries where the River Mersey meets the Irish Sea. The iconic mercantile buildings known as the "Three Graces" – Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building – stand on the Pier Head.