The grid of broad Georgian terraces between the two cathedrals, originally laid out in the early 19th century as Liverpool's most fashionable address. The area survived 20th-century demolition better than most British city-centre districts, leaving long unbroken stretches of brick townhouses with fanlight doorways and iron balconies on Rodney Street, Falkner Square, Canning Street and Huskisson Street.
Rodney Street was for a century Liverpool's Harley Street, home to its private doctors; the houses are now mostly sub-divided offices and flats. The Georgian Quarter is best explored on foot, looping between the Anglican Cathedral, Falkner Square Gardens, and the Metropolitan Cathedral, with stops in the cafes and pubs along Hope Street.