Pharmacies Open Now in Liverpool
1 of 100 pharmacies near Liverpool are open right now. Find a Pharmacy pulls live opening hours from NHS data and the most recent pharmacy rota, so you only see chemists that are actually open, not just the ones that are meant to be. Tap any result for directions, the phone number and today’s full opening schedule. For late-night and 24-hour cover, see the links below.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find a pharmacy open now in Liverpool?
Enter your postcode or allow location access at the top of this page. Find a Pharmacy will show every pharmacy within five miles of you in Liverpool, sorted by distance, with a live open-or-closed badge on each one. Tap a result to call, get directions, or see today’s opening hours.
- What if no pharmacy is open when I need medication?
If every nearby pharmacy is shut, Find a Pharmacy shows the address and phone number of the nearest pharmacy that will open next, along with an NHS 111 quick-dial for urgent medication advice. Call NHS 111 free, any time of day, for prescription emergencies; they can arrange an emergency supply from an on-call pharmacy anywhere in the UK.
- Does Liverpool have a 24-hour pharmacy?
That depends on the live NHS opening-hours data for each Liverpool pharmacy, and very few UK cities have a true round-the-clock chemist. See our 24-hour pharmacies in Liverpool page for the honest answer; it tells you straight whether a 24-hour pharmacy exists, or lists the latest-closing alternatives and the nearest out-of-hours service if it doesn’t.
- How accurate are the opening hours?
Find a Pharmacy uses the NHSBSA Consolidated Pharmaceutical List for the pharmacy directory and pulls live opening hours from each pharmacy’s NHS.uk profile, updated weekly. Bank holiday rota data, where published by your local NHS region, overrides the standard NHS hours so you never get sent to a shut shop on Christmas Day or Easter Monday. If you spot an error, please let us know.
- Is Find a Pharmacy free?
Yes. Find a Pharmacy is free for everyone, forever. No sign-up, no tracking for ad-targeting, no install gate. We use privacy-friendly analytics (Plausible) to count anonymous visits. The data we rely on is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
About pharmacies in Liverpool
- 161 pharmacies serve the Liverpool area
- 23 open on Sundays
- The nearest chemist is Boots (0.35 miles away).
- Hours last verified: 15 May 2026
Finding a pharmacy open now in Liverpool
Liverpool has a network of NHS pharmacies spread across the city centre and its residential districts, including Toxteth, Wavertree, Walton and Crosby. In the city centre, the Boots Liverpool ONE branch in the shopping complex operates extended hours aligned with retail trading.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs an on-site pharmacy at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital (RLUH) on Prescot Street, the city's main acute hospital. The on-site pharmacy serves inpatients and discharge prescriptions. For community prescriptions outside normal hours, NHS 111 is the correct first contact.
Bank holiday rotas in Liverpool are published by the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (C&M ICB). PharmFinder applies confirmed rota data when the ICB releases it before each bank holiday period. Pharmacies with confirmed hours show a green rota badge; those with unconfirmed hours show amber — always phone ahead on a bank holiday before making a special journey.
For urgent medication outside pharmacy opening hours, call NHS 111 (free, 24 hours). NHS 111 covers the Cheshire and Merseyside area and can arrange an emergency supply from an on-call pharmacy or direct you to an out-of-hours GP if needed.
100-hour pharmacies in Liverpool
100-hour contracted pharmacies in Liverpool include branches in Wavertree, Kensington and Bootle. These are the most likely to be open late on weekday evenings and at weekends. Use PharmFinder's "Open late" filter to locate them quickly.