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| name = William Brown Street
| image = File:Over St John's Gardens to William Brown Street.jpg
| caption = View over St John's Gardens to William Brown Street
| other_name = Liverpool Cultural Quarter
| type = Street and public square
| locmapin = Merseyside
| coordinates = {{coord|53.410|-2.980|display=inline,title}}
| location = Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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| built = 1860
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| architecture = Victorian Neoclassical
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}}William Brown Street in Liverpool, England, is a road that is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings. It is sometimes referred to as the "Cultural Quarter"

Originally known as Shaw's Brow, a coaching road east from the city, it is named after William Brown, a local MP and philanthropist, who in 1860 donated land in the area for the building of a library and museum. This area gives its name as the William Brown Street conservation area.

The conservation area contains:

  • Lime Street Station
  • St George's Hall
  • William Brown Library and Museum — housing part of World Museum Liverpool and part of Liverpool Central Library
  • Great North Western Hotel
  • Walker Art Gallery
  • Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library — part of Liverpool Central Library
  • County Sessions House
  • College of Technology and Museum Extension — part of World Museum Liverpool
  • The Wellington Memorial
  • The Steble Fountain
  • St John's Gardens
  • Liverpool Empire Theatre
  • Entrance to Queensway Tunnel

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  • {{cite web|title=William Brown St Conservation Area|url=http://www.liverpoolworldheritage.com/visitingthewhs/areas/williambrownstreet/index.asp|website=Liverpool World Heritage City|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102647/http://www.liverpoolworldheritage.com/visitingthewhs/areas/williambrownstreet/index.asp|archivedate=26 April 2015}}
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