Liverpool Tours - A lap around Crosby Marina in 4K.

Approval to construct a recreation area, including a Marina at Waterloo was approved during a Crosby electors' meeting in December 1967, with capital costs estimated at around £400,000. The proposals involved the reclamation of 161 acres (65 ha) of land between Crosby Baths and the outer wall of Seaforth Dock, with the size of the lake itself around 58 acres (23 ha).

Construction started in May 1972, following the final contract for the excavation of 500,000 cubic yards (400,000 m3) of sand being agreed in April. Floodlights were to be added to the marina at a cost of around £10,000. The overall cost of the marina, estimated at over £1 million, was provided by auctioning council-owned land at Crosby. At the start of the construction period, it was announced that a one-mile-long (1.6 km) pathway would be constructed around the Marina's perimeter, referred to as a promenade.

Crosby Marine is the name that everyone uses, though it is actually named Waterloo Marina.