It is a crisp Friday morning and businesses on Woolton Road are gearing up for the day.
With the feel of a compact high street, the stretch of the road between Queens Drive and Green Lane is lined by a number of independent shops, restaurants and cafes. One one side, a row of trees and a grass bank separates the shopfronts and their outside seating from the busy road.
As cars pass between Childwall and Woolton along the road, people begin to head into cafe-bistro Neighbourhood for breakfast, while others pop into a range of shops, including a number of hairdressers, a health store and the florist. Later in the day, the Halfway House pub will welcome people toasting the end of the working week, while restaurants Cucina di Vincenzo , El Nido and Eton Place serve food from across Europe.
