Albert Dock visitors up 23% in December

LIVERPOOL’S Albert Dock enjoyed a bountiful Christmas with visitor figures for December showing a 23% increase on the same period in 2013.

A programme of free, festive animation and illuminations, coupled with major infrastructure investment throughout the year, helped the Grade I listed attraction with a bang.

Many of the Dock’s restaurants, bars and attractions also reported excellent figures for the same period with Circo enjoying its highest figures ever in December.

It rounded off a year of huge investment at Albert Dock which included £85,000 worth of upgrades to the Dock’s car park system.

Director of development and marketing for the Dock, Peter Cronin, said: ““Every Christmas we try to create a diverse and exciting programme of events for families to enjoy – so these figures are extremely positive news for Albert Dock Liverpool and an encouraging way to start 2015.

“It’s also a huge pat on the back for our restaurants, bars and shops, who work tirelessly to ensure that visitors and residents of Albert Dock have a memorable time at the Dock, throughout the whole year,  which makes them want to come back again and again.”