Situated in the city centre, it runs from Dale Street to the Pier Head at the River Mersey.

[2][3] Water Street contains some of Liverpool's most renowned buildings, including: Water Street is mentioned in chapter 6 of Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby Dick.

[6] Melville had used William Scoresby's 1820s book An Account of the Arctic Regions as a factual source for Moby Dick.

[7] Scoresby's book details how the city of Liverpool was involved in whaling.

[8] Water Street has featured in such films as Florence Foster Jenkins, Fast and Furious 6, The 51st State and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.