The Wild Rose

The name of this Wetherspoon pub recalls William Gladstone, the 19th-century prime minister and MP for Liverpool, who spent part of his childhood on Merseyside. In later life, he recollected: 'I have seen wild roses growing on the very ground which is now the centre of Bootle'.

This pub is located at the base of the Triad tower block. The 240-foot-high structure, which dominates the area, was designed by the Hind Woodhouse Partnership, and opened by Alderman Fred Pemberton Morris JP, Mayor of Bootle, on 26 May 1971.