Anfield or Hill Dickinson: Which Liverpool Stadium Tour Should You Do?
Liverpool has two Premier League grounds to tour now. Anfield leans on history and the trophy room; Everton's new Hill Dickinson Stadium leans on a striking waterfront build. Here is which to pick, and how to do both.
Do the Anfield tour if you want heritage, anthems and a loaded trophy room; do the Hill Dickinson Stadium tour if you want the newest, most striking ground in the city, out on the waterfront. Anfield wins on history, Everton's new home wins on architecture and setting, and with a spare afternoon the honest answer is to do both.
We run the Liverpool Stadium Tour at Anfield, so take the even-handedness here as deliberate: both grounds are worth your time, and which one you pick comes down to what you came to Liverpool for. Below is the straight comparison, from what each tour actually gives you to which is better value and how to fit both into one trip.
Anfield tour or Hill Dickinson Stadium tour: what's the real difference?
The Anfield tour is about a storied old ground; the Hill Dickinson Stadium tour is about a brand-new one. Anfield sells its history, the Kop and the trophies. Everton's ground, opened in 2025 on Bramley-Moore Dock, sells its design, its scale and the Mersey waterfront it was built into.
One tour walks you through decades of football history in a stadium that has grown in stages since the 1880s. The other walks you around a stadium barely a season old, where the story is the build itself, from the dock foundations to the single-tier home end. Neither is better in the abstract; they simply scratch different itches. The table sets the two side by side.
| Factor | Anfield tour | Hill Dickinson Stadium tour |
|---|---|---|
| The draw | History, anthems, the trophy room | A brand-new waterfront stadium |
| The club | Liverpool FC | Everton FC, the Toffees |
| Location | Anfield, a few miles from the centre | Bramley-Moore Dock, on the river |
| Opened | Ground dates to 1884, expanded since | 2025, replacing Goodison Park |
| Adult ticket | A similar level, check the listing | Around $35, check the listing |
| Best for | Fans of the club and its trophy history | Seeing the newest ground in the city |
What does the Anfield tour give you that the Hill Dickinson Stadium tour can't?
Weight of history, and the Kop. The Anfield tour trades on more than a century of football: the players' tunnel and the "This Is Anfield" sign, the famous single-tier Kop, and a trophy room that a newly built ground on the dock cannot yet match. It is the heritage option.
If your reason for visiting is the history of the English game, Anfield has the deeper well to draw from, and the club's silverware and stories fill the visit. Our honest take on whether the Anfield tour is worth it lays out what you get, and the practical details, from what a ticket costs to how the tour compares with going to a game, sit across the rest of our Anfield guides. The Everton tour, by contrast, is a newer, cleaner experience without that accumulated history behind it yet, which for some visitors is exactly the point and for others is the reason to choose Anfield.
What makes the Everton Hill Dickinson Stadium tour worth doing?
Newness and setting. The Hill Dickinson Stadium tour puts you inside a stadium most of the country has only seen on television, built into a working Mersey dock, with steep modern stands and a design story the guides genuinely dig into. It is the freshest football experience in the city.
Everton spent around 750 million pounds building this ground on the water, and it shows, from the wide concourses to the sightlines. Because it is so new, the tour leans into architecture and the dockland location as much as football, which makes it a good fit even for visitors who are not Everton fans but want to see a modern Premier League stadium up close. The full run of tickets, route and directions is in our guide to the Everton stadium tour, and the background on the ground itself is in what Hill Dickinson Stadium is. The club's own visiting details sit on the official Everton stadium tours page.
Which is better value, the Anfield or Hill Dickinson tour?
They are close, so value comes down to what you want. Both tours sit at a similar adult price, with the Everton tour around $35 and the Anfield tour in the same bracket. Neither is expensive by big-city standards, so pick on interest, not a few pounds either way.
Because the ticket prices are so alike, chasing the cheaper of the two is not really the game. A trophy-and-history fan gets more from Anfield; a fan of modern stadium design gets more from Everton's ground. Both reward booking online, where you see the live price and slots before paying, and both pause or change around home fixtures. The stadium's detailed record is worth a look if the build interests you.
| You care most about | Pick |
|---|---|
| History, trophies, the Kop | The Anfield tour |
| A brand-new, modern ground | The Hill Dickinson Stadium tour |
| A waterfront setting on the Mersey | The Hill Dickinson Stadium tour |
| The deepest football story | The Anfield tour |
| Can't choose and have the time | Both, on separate days |
Can you do both the Anfield and Hill Dickinson Stadium tours in one trip?
Yes, and it is the answer we give most often. The two grounds sit a short ride apart, each tour runs to a couple of hours, and a two or three night stay fits both comfortably. Do them on separate, non-match days, since both are limited or dropped around home fixtures.
A football-minded weekend in Liverpool has room for both grounds without feeling rushed. Take one tour on a weekday morning and the other the next, keep both clear of the fixtures each club is playing, and you have seen the city's two Premier League stadiums from the inside. If you are sorting where to base yourself so both are easy to reach, our rundown of where to stay near Anfield and the city centre helps, and once your dates are set, the live listings show the running days and current prices for each tour.
