Welsh Streets

The Welsh Streets is an area of around 450 terraced houses next to Liverpool’s Princes Park. It’s within walking distance from both Princes and Sefton Park with great transport links and local shops. The Welsh Streets have held lasting appeal to young and old alike, offering affordable housing in a friendly neighbourhood. Their continued existence is under threat.

Although Liverpool's connection with Ireland andIrish emigration is well known, a less told story is that large parts of Liverpool was built by Welsh workers who were attracted to Liverpool with the promise of jobs. They left behind a poignant built reminder of their labours. There were once 70 Welsh chapels in Liverpool but now only a handful remain. However, it is in housing that they really made a mark. In the late-1800s the Welsh Streets were built near Princes Park, all with Welsh names

When demolition was first mooted a decade ago, many residents called for alternatives About 30% were owner-occupied with the remainder owned by housing associations or the city council