It lies to the northeast of Stanley Park, and is bounded by Walton Lane (A580 road) to the west, Priory Road to the south, a railway line to the north, and the gardens of houses on Ince Avenue to the east.

The cemetery grounds are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at Grade II*.

[1] The site is roughly diamond-shaped, lying on a northwest–southeast axis, and occupying an area of about 140 acres, 57 hectares.

The central gate pier is enlarged to form an octagonal clock tower with Gothic features, including a gabled top and pinnacles.

[8] The south lodge also has a single storey with an attic, and contains windows with pointed arches and transoms.

Its features include castellated portals each of which has a tourelle, coats of arms of the city, and fine gates.

They consist of four gate piers with moulded bases, which are surmounted by pyramidal finials.

It consists of a nave with an apse, and north and south aisles, each of which ends in a porch.

Above the north porch is a steeple, which contains two-light louvred bell openings with gargoyles and pinnacles, and is surmounted by a spire with lucarnes.

From these, coffins were carried by hydraulic lifts down to a crypt about 25 feet (8 m) beneath the ground.

Its tower, a disguised chimney, includes louvred bell openings, gargoyles, and an embattled parapet.

In the central sunken area is a memorial to those who died serving in the First World War and are buried here.

[25] Buriels in the cemetery include artist, William G. Herdman, (1805–1882); boxer, Jem Mace (died 1910); T. J. Hughes, founder of a chain of shops bearing his name;[22] four recipients of the Victoria Cross: Patrick Mylott (1820–1878) and John Kirk (1827–1865), (both of whom served in the Indian Mutiny); Joseph Prosser, (1828–1867) (who served in the Crimean War); and Donald Dickson Farmer, (1877–1956) (who served in the Second Boer War); cotton merchant, James Maybrick (1838–1889); opera singer, Aynsley Cook (1833–1894); footballer, Joe Fagan (1921–2001); singer, Michael Holliday (1924–1963); musician; Rory Storm (1938–1972); newspaper proprietor, Michael James Whitty (1793–1873);[26] T. W. Barrett, Music Hall comedian, (died 1935); and William Herbert Wallace (1878–1933), who was convicted, then acquitted, of murdering his wife.

[27] Notes Citations Sources Media related to Anfield Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons