Picton Clock Tower

This is certainly a well-​known landmark in Liverpool — I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve driven past it. The Tower has an interesting history and that it’s been around for a fair while. It’s situated on a busy roundabout at the end of Wavertree High Street on one of the main routes into the City Centre, so I shouldn’t think I’m the only one who’s very familiar with it.
The clock generally seems to keep good time: I can’t recall it being wildly out on any occasion I’ve driven by, although it’s not generally been my highest priority to check it!

There really isn’t a great deal you can say about this Tower other than what has been said. It is situated right in the middle of a roundabout were the High Street meets Childwall Road and Church Road. Behind the clock are some disused public toilets. There is often a Christmas Tree there at Christmas time and on New Years Eve it is likely you will see revellers dancing around the clock.

It was presented to Wavertree in 1884, and was a memorial to Sarah Pooley, who had died in 1879, by his husband James Allanson Picton, a prominent citizen of Liverpool.
U can read the inscription: Time wasted is existence, used is life. People say that, in times past, Wavertree parents would ask their children to go and see what time is by Sarah Pooley.