Heading to London June 12-17 (as part of a broader Europe trip to Germany, Switzerland and Paris). We plan to take an early train on Monday June 16 to Manchester for a tour of Old Trafford (tours are not yet open past May - I think they don't open up for June and forward until after the current PL season ends). A good friend from Liverpool is adamant we can and should then head to Liverpool for an afternoon visit to the Beatles hotspots near The Strand area (oldest two kids are big Beatles fans) and that we can get back from Liverpool to London late Monday night.
For those in the know, is this logistically doable? I think the Old Trafford tour (one son is huge Man United fan - so the reason for that day trip) is maybe 1.5 hours - so if we get the early tour we're done by 11:30/12:30 - I would think we could get to Liverpool on a 2 or 3pm train and have 2-3 hours in Liverpool to explore specific area . When I map it out, it seems like it's possible but would love to hear from folks on whether this is something to consider, or too much to think we can pull this off.
We have an EURail pass - so trains/pricing not much of a concern.