Liverpool joins Oryx Sanctuary, Elbe Valley on names dropped from World Heritage list

The Merseyside Maritime Museum and Pump House

The Merseyside Maritime Museum and Pump House at the Albert Dock, Liverpool. PHOTO | AFP

Liverpool’s Maritime Mercantile City in Britain was not so lucky as on Wednesday it became only the third site ever to be struck off the list for failing to maintain World Heritage criteria.

The other two were Oman’s Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in 2007 and Germany’s Dresden Elbe Valley in 2009. Selous and Liverpool were the only sites recommended for deletion this year.