Only a handful of stalls will be invited to make the move
Hat, scarf and badge sellers who have called the streets near to Goodison Park their home for decades are being invited to make the move to Bramley-Moore Dock with Everton this summer. In May, the final whistle will be blown in L4 as the Toffees will leave their second purpose built stadium in the north of the city after 133 years.
Plans are in place for the future of the site with season-long celebrations taking place to commemorate the Blues’ stay in Walton for more than a century. As the club prepares to take up new roots on the waterfront in a 52,888-seater stadium, Liverpool Council is to invite long-standing traders to join them.
A street trading sub-committee will invite four street stalls on Goodison Road, Gwladys Street and Walton Lane to apply for the rights to continue trading outside the new ground in time for the 2025/26 season. A report ahead of a city council meeting next month set out how the streets surrounding Bramley-Moore Dock have been designated as “Consent Streets” for the purposes of street trading since 2006.
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This means that street trading on the perimeter roads and within 10m of them is prohibited unless the trader is in possession of a consent issued by Liverpool Council for trading in the location. The authority said there has been “considerable interest” for stall holders to trade on the streets surrounding Bramley-Moore but no new grants would be issued.
The council report said: “This approach should prevent an influx of new applications being received whilst the changes to the road and traffic arrangements are being developed and bed in. This position can be reviewed in Spring/Summer 2026 once the use of the Stadium has settled down.”
Any applications to trade in the roads surrounding Bramley-Moore will be told “it is not considered appropriate at this time to accept or process any applications for street trading consents in this area.” However, the four existing traders will be asked if they intend to continue their business at the new stadium.
It is anticipated that they would wish to continue on match days and officials will assist in identifying suitable locations for them. However, no guarantee is to be given that any such locations will be identified or, if identified, that any application for a consent at that location will be granted at all or to any particular applicant.
