Waterloo Warehouse Liverpool UNESCO World Heritage Site - Liverpool Waters The historic core of Liverpool docks became a World Heritage Site in 2004. The inscription states that it is ‘the supreme example of a commercial port at the time of Britain’s greatest global influence’. The World Heritage Site, comprises dock basins & important historic buildings such as the Victoria Clock Tower , Dock Master’s House, Stanley Dock & its massive Tobacco Warehouse, the Leeds- Liverpool Canal & Waterloo Warehouse.