Chinatown, Liverpool
| Liverpool Chinatown | |
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Chinatown Gate, Nelson Street | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode district | L1 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
| Liverpool Chinatown | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 利物浦中國城 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 利物浦中国城 | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 利物浦唐人街 | ||||||||||||
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The Chinatown area of Liverpool, England, is home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe. Based in Great George ward in the south of the city centre, Chinatown has many Chinese businesses, restaurants and supermarkets, and facilities for the Chinese community. The area is also notable for its Chinese-style architecture; with the paifang on Nelson Street being the largest, multiple-span arch of its kind outside China.