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Liverpool is slowly but surely transforming into a laboratory for the future of urban mobility. While other cities were still debating what should come first – charging stations or the electric vehicles themselves – they were already implementing both here. Chargers are emerging right out of lampposts, old vans...

So much has been said about the plastic crisis that it seems there’s nothing left to add. But a group of enthusiastic engineers is collecting used bottles, grinding them into something resembling coloured shavings, and then printing new items from the result. Not in a factory – but on...

For much of the 20th century, the Mersey Estuary was treated as an industrial utility rather than a living system. Its waters and coastal canals received the waste of chemical plants, factories, and the city’s sewage systems. Today, the picture is entirely different. The Mersey Estuary has become a...

In Liverpool, the roads have become a proving ground for non-standard engineering solutions thanks to the Live Labs 2 programme. The Net Zero goal necessitated determined work with water-absorbing materials, low-carbon road markings, and "warm-mix" asphalt that does not overheat under the sun. Liverpool took on the task with...

Imagine an infrastructure that doesn't extract gas from beneath the seabed but, quite the opposite, injects carbon dioxide there. Meet Liverpool Bay CCS – an engineering solution that turns the traditional logic of the energy sector upside down. As part of the HyNet cluster in the United Kingdom, this...

Formby Beach on the Merseyside coast is a place where nature tells its own story. Here, sandy dunes give way to pine groves, home to rare red squirrels, while the beach itself occasionally reveals the footprints of people and animals that lived here thousands of years ago. It is...

Thurstaston Common is a place where nature, geology, and history are wonderfully intertwined. Here, among the red sandstone and heather-clad hills, you can feel the breath of the Ice Age, see the legendary Thor's Stone, and enjoy the views that open up over the Dee Estuary and the distant...

Calderstones Park in south Liverpool is a place where history merges with nature. Here, you can see megaliths with mysterious symbols that hold the memory of the Stone Age, and look up at the branches of an oak tree that has stood guard over human stories for a thousand...

Imagine the noise of container cranes, the smell of the sea, the hustle and bustle of port cargo – and yet, behind a fence, a completely different scene is unfolding. Here, ducks glide on calm lagoons, terns circle high in the sky, and rare birds choose this very spot...

Located in the Alt River valley, Lunt Meadows is one of Merseyside's most interesting natural havens. Here, the wetlands combine peace and wildness, while beneath the ground lie traces of human settlements from thousands of years ago. The website liverpoolname.com explores why Lunt Meadows is a natural landmark that...