Queen's Dock, Port of Liverpool

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Queen's Dock is a wet dock on the River Mersey in Liverpool, part of the Port of Liverpool. It lies in the southern dock system, connected to Wapping Dock to the north and Coburg Dock to the south. Designed by Henry Berry and opened in 1785, it was named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, and later expanded by John Foster Sr. At its peak it had a main basin and two branch docks separated by a graving dock. Branch Dock No. 2 to the north was filled in and is now a car park. The graving dock area is now under The Keel, a block of apartments that sits where HM Revenue and Customs once stood. The southern docks were owned by British Waterways and were transferred to the Canal & River Trust in 2012. The dock covers about 10 acres (4 hectares).