Toxteth Dock

British Empire Dockyards and Ports, 1909: docks to the north

Docks to the south

Toxteth Dock was a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated in the southern dock system, it was connected to Brunswick Dock to the north and Harrington Dock to the south. It was built by George Fosbery Lyster and opened in 1841.

Toxteth Dock railway station was opened in 1893 as part of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. It closed in 1956 and was demolished in 1957.^[1]

The dock closed in 1972 and has since been filled in. Most of the dock buildings still exist and are split up into small business units as part of Brunswick Business Park. The Hydraulic Station is Grade II listed.^[2]

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Liverpool South Docks diagram

Coordinates: 53°23′02″N 2°58′47″W / 53.3839°N 2.9797°W / 53.3839; -2.9797

Port of Liverpool docks

North docks	Alexandra Dock Bramley-Moore Dock Brocklebank Dock Canada Dock Carrier Dock Clarence Dock Collingwood Dock East Waterloo Dock Gladstone Dock Hornby Dock Huskisson Dock Langton Dock Nelson Dock Princes Dock Princes Half Tide Dock Salisbury Dock Sandon Dock Sandon Half Tide Dock Seaforth Dock Stanley Dock Trafalgar Dock Victoria Dock Wellington Dock West Waterloo Dock

South docks	Albert Dock Brunswick Dock Brunswick Half Tide Dock Canning Dock Canning Half Tide Dock Coburg Dock Dukes Dock George's Dock George's Basin Harrington Dock Herculaneum Dock King's Dock Manchester Dock Old Dock Queen's Dock Salthouse Dock South Ferry Basin Toxteth Dock Wapping Dock

See also Port of Liverpool and List of Liverpool Docks (with coordinates and north-south sequence)

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