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Liverpool Waters, Liverpool
Five new waterfront neighbourhoods on Liverpool's northern docks.
Liverpool Waters is a 30-year masterplan led by Peel Waters, covering the largest single development site in the city. Outline planning permission spans the full 60 hectares and allows for up to 9,000 homes, 315,000 square metres of business space and 53,000 square metres of hotel and conference facilities across five neighbourhoods.
Princes Dock was developed first and now functions as an established neighbourhood, with residential towers alongside hotels, restaurants and 200,000 square feet of Grade A commercial space. The Isle of Man ferry terminal at Princes Half Tide Dock is complete, and X1's Patagonia Place is delivering a further 278 apartments across 31 storeys.
North of there, Central Docks is the largest of the five neighbourhoods and Liverpool's biggest brownfield site. Beyond it sits Bramley-Moore Dock, where Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium opened for the 2025/26 season.
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The infrastructure is funded and on site.
The distinction that matters for investors is between consented plans and committed spend. Liverpool Waters crossed that line in October 2025, when work started on the £81.1 million Central Docks infrastructure scheme.
That programme is backed by £55.2 million from Homes England and £25.9 million of direct investment from Peel Waters, with Liverpool City Council acting as accountable body. It will unlock nine serviced plots across the 22-acre neighbourhood, supporting up to 2,350 new homes, and deliver Central Park, a five-acre public park and the first new park in Liverpool for over 15 years. Completion is scheduled for late spring 2028.
Around £880 million of projects are live across the wider site, including the stadium, the ferry terminal, infrastructure works and around 600 homes currently under construction.
The area has also been identified as a priority for Liverpool's emerging Mayoral Development Corporation, which would make Liverpool the first city in the country with a locally-led urban development corporation accountable to the council rather than to the Secretary of State.
A visitor economy arriving alongside the homes.
Most regeneration schemes ask investors to price in demand that has not arrived yet. Liverpool Waters is unusual in that a significant share of its footfall driver is already built and operating.
The Hill Dickinson Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock opened in February 2025 with a capacity of almost 53,000. Everton's plans projected a £1.3 billion boost to the city region economy, more than 15,000 jobs and over 1.4 million additional visitors a year, acting as a catalyst for £650 million of accelerated regeneration in the surrounding docklands. The venue is also a host for UEFA Euro 2028.
Alongside it, the Isle of Man ferry terminal is operating, and a cruise liner expansion by Global Port Holdings is targeted for 2028. Proposals for the Kings neighbourhood, an eight-acre scheme of up to ten towers by Beetham Davos on the King Edward industrial estate, would add a five-star hotel and luxury residences, though this remains at consultation and planning stage.
For investors, that combination of matchday, tourist and event demand alongside a growing residential population supports both conventional buy-to-let and short-term letting strategies in a way that few other parts of the city can match.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Liverpool Waters is a £5.5 billion, 30-year regeneration of 60 hectares of historic dockland north of Liverpool city centre, led by Peel Waters. It stretches 2.3km along the Mersey from Princes Dock through Central Docks to the Northern Docks, and has outline planning permission for up to 9,000 homes across five neighbourhoods.
The site runs north from Princes Dock, immediately beside the Pier Head and the Three Graces, up to the Northern Docks. It sits mainly within the L3 postcode and forms a direct northward extension of Liverpool's commercial district.
Princes Dock is an established neighbourhood with residential towers, hotels, restaurants and Grade A office space, and the Isle of Man ferry terminal is complete. Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock opened in 2025. Infrastructure works at Central Docks began in October 2025 and are due to complete in late spring 2028.
Liverpool Waters is a private-sector-led scheme by Peel Waters, with public funding supporting enabling infrastructure. The £81.1 million Central Docks infrastructure programme is backed by £55.2 million from Homes England alongside £25.9 million of direct investment from Peel Waters.
The Hill Dickinson Stadium seats almost 53,000 and opened for the 2025/26 season. Everton's projections put the economic boost to the city region at £1.3 billion, with more than 1.4 million additional visitors a year. That footfall supports short-term let demand alongside conventional tenancies, particularly with the venue also hosting UEFA Euro 2028 fixtures.
The two schemes suit different strategies. The Knowledge Quarter offers institutional tenant demand from hospitals, universities and research employers in a district where housing supply is constrained. Liverpool Waters is a newer waterfront neighbourhood with a stronger visitor and short-term let angle, and more supply still to be delivered.
Yes. There is nothing preventing overseas clients from investing in Liverpool property. We provide comprehensive support for international investors and full assistance throughout the process.
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