William Brown Street

Coordinates: 53°24′36″N 2°58′48″W / 53.410°N 2.980°W / 53.410; -2.980 William Brown Street in Liverpool, England is a road that is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings. It is sometimes referred to as the "Cultural Quarter"

Originally known as Shaw's Brow, a coaching road east from the city, it is named after William Brown, a local MP and philanthropist, who in 1860 donated land in the area for the building of a library and museum. This area gives its name as the William Brown Street conservation area.

The conservation area contains:

• Lime Street Station
• St George's Hall
• William Brown Library and Museum — housing part of World Museum Liverpool and part of Liverpool Central Library
• Great North Western Hotel
• Walker Art Gallery
• Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library — part of Liverpool Central Library
• County Sessions House
• College of Technology and Museum Extension — part of World Museum Liverpool
• The Wellington Memorial
• The Steble Fountain
• St John's Gardens
• Liverpool Empire Theatre
• Entrance to Queensway Tunnel

• Lime Street Station

• St. George's Hall

• Liverpool Central Library

• World Museum Liverpool

• Great North Western Hotel

• Walker Art Gallery

• County Sessions House

• Wellington's Column

• Steble Fountain

• Liverpool Empire Theatre

• Queensway Tunnel