Historic Liverpool building named 'hidden Instagrammable gem'

An historic Liverpool building has been named among the UK’s ‘most Instagrammable hidden gems’ in a new study.

The study, carried out by Ireland Prestige Tours, analysed Tripadvisor’s Hidden Gems category across 50 UK cities and compared each location by the number of Instagram posts shared under its hashtag.

The results show that while these places may be described as hidden, many have already captured the imagination of thousands of photographers, travellers, and content creators.

One such location is the magnificent Speke Hall, which is tucked away in a South Liverpool suburb.

Completed in 1598, Sir William Norris started building Speke Hall as we know it in 1530. Passed down through his family until the 18th century, its last owner was Adelaide Watt, who never married. After her death in 1921, she set up a trust to oversee its maintenance and it was later gifted to the National Trust and opened to the public.

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Home to incredible features such as a priest hole, Gothic Revival furniture and William Morris wallpaper, the site has been fully managed by the National Trust in 1986, and they have continued to care for its important collections, objects, garden and grounds, preserving it for future generations.

Speke Hall ranked at number 17 in the top 20 list of hidden gems across the UK, thanks to its grand grounds and magnificent Tudor architecture.

UK’s top 20 ‘most Instagrammable hidden gems’

1. Primrose Hill, London
2. Dean Village, Edinburgh
3. Gower Peninsula, Swansea
4. Water of Leith Walkway, Edinburgh
5. Highgate Cemetery, London
6. North Laine, Brighton and Hove
7. Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth
8. Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne
9. Three Cliffs Bay, Swansea
10. Scotney Castle Garden, Tunbridge Wells
11. Leeds Corn Exchange, Leeds
12. Doddington Hall, Lincoln
13. Doune Castle, Stirling
14. Grantchester Village, Cambridge
15. Cabbot Tower, Bristol
16. Erddig, Wrexham
17. Speke Hall, Liverpool
18. Lancaster Canal, Lancaster
19. Felbrigg Hall, Norwich
20. Hadleigh Castle, Southend-on-Sea