The public are being invited to explore a lost tunnel recently discovered beneath St George’s Hall, thought to have been used during the English Civil War.

For the first time in more than 100 years, visitors will be able to discover the hidden depths and unseen places of the Grade I-listed building.

The tours, which will take place on 20 August, will be lead by the hall’s ‘time-travelling’ footmen, dressed in Restoration costume while entertaining audiences with stories about the development of the city dating back to the 1600s.

The ‘Lost Tunnels’ are thought to date back to the time of the English Civil War during the reign of King Charles I.

Prince Rupert, a commander of the Royalist Cavalry and nephew to the King, opened a barrage of fire upon the Oliver Cromwell’s Roundhead Army during the nine-year conflict from the top of Everton Brow and used the tunnels to ferry what treasures he had looted from the city.

Alan Smith, St George’s Hall manager, says: “Many of these tunnels are believed to form the hidden subterranean passages beneath the Everton area and run as far as the Pier Head.

“This tour will reveal these passages beneath our feet carry that carry with them many unsolved mysteries, from hidden treasure to darker tales of the tunnels being a place of torture, worship and even cannibalism!

“This is a magnificent discovery and again places St George’s Hall at the forefront of Liverpool’s undiscovered heritage.”

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