Ropewalks is named for the trade. Ropemakers rented long thin strips of land and laid the rope out full length along them. The strips sold one at a time, so the streets run parallel with very few connections between them. was one of them, and at over 300 metres it was the standard length of rope a sailing ship needed.
It is pedestrianised now and full of independent shops. St Luke's stands at the top of it, on the corner of Leece Street and Berry Street. The church opened in 1832 and burned out in the May Blitz of 1941. Only the outer masonry survived, and the shell was shut for more than sixty years before it was cleared in the 2000s. Outdoor events are held inside it now.
was set out in the 1720s and merchants lived above their own businesses on it. St Peter's opened on Seel Street in 1788 and was the oldest Catholic church in the city. It closed in 1978, reopened as the Alma de Cuba bar in 2005 and again in November 2024 as St Peter's Tavern.
Most of the bars are in the middle of the district. is between Wood Street and , with warehouses on both sides. is laid in stone setts.
is just west. Nation, the venue Cream ran its nights in, came down in 2016 with the other clubs on the square. Apartment blocks were built on the ground and the sculpture called Penelope is still in the middle.
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