Seaforth Dock (also known as the
Royal Seaforth Dock) is a purpose-built
dock and
container terminal, on the
River Mersey,
England, at
Seaforth, to the north of
Liverpool. As part of the
Port of Liverpool and Liverpool Freeport, it is operated by the
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company. Situated at the northern end of the dock system, it is connected to
Gladstone Dock to the south, which via its
lock entrance provides maritime access to Seaforth Dock from the river. Despite planning permission having been obtained almost sixty years previously, work commenced during the 1960s on Liverpool's largest dock facility. The dock was the largest built in the United Kingdom for some time, with 10,000 ft of quay and a depth of 50 ft and world's largest lock gates.