Wirral
Properties and events in Wirral
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries for last-minute changes.
Bidston Community Archaeology
Excavation of the Pig Field Site commenced in 2011 to learn about the people who lived and worked on this land.
Bidston Hall Estate - Medieval Manor, Victorian Plans and Public Open Space
A short walk exploring the landscape history of the northern part of Bidston Hill.
Birkenhead Park Heritage Walks
Start and Finish at Birkenhead Park Visitor Centre. Walk takes about 1½ hours, length adaptable dependent on attendees.
Birkenhead Priory & St Mary's Tower
Birkenhead Priory is a nearly 900 year old Scheduled Ancient Monument. Home to the oldest standing building on Merseyside and the first ferry across the Mersey from 1150.
Brimstage Heritage Orchard Apple, Pear & Plum Day
A delightful orchard of olden-days fruits to visit see, pick and taste next to one of the oldest buildings in Wirral. It is open to visitors just a few days each year, but welcomes helpers and supporters for special events, workdays and courses.
Building of Bromborough Pool
Autism Together will be hosting self-guided and guided tours of Bromborough Pool Village
Byrne Avenue Baths Heritage Tours
Enjoy a tour of the beautiful Art Deco style Byrne Avenue Baths.
Callister Garden
Join us in the Callister Garden to celebrate the centenary of The Callister Trust.
Dr Duncan's War - Surviving Far East Captivity
Newly-qualified doctor, Andrew Atholl Duncan, joined Dr Edwina Davies' practice in Orchard Road Moreton in 1951, just six years after being repatriated from three and a half years as a prisoner of war in Java and Japan.
Eastham Victorian Pleasure Gardens
Eastham woods was the location of an extensive Victorian Pleasure Gardens, from the 1840s to 1920s.
Eastham Village Walk
A walk round the historic village of Eastham, a Conservation Area, taking in the main features of the village including the 12th century church and the churchyard.
English Martyrs' Church
“F X Velarde may have been the last British architect to use the sculpted human form in his work.
Holy Cross Parish Church, Woodchurch
Grade II* listed 12th-century church with Norman nave, 14th-century tower and chancel, Tudor porch, Saxon cross fragment
Leasowe Lighthouse
Leasowe Lighthouse, the UK’s oldest brick-built lighthouse, will be offering free guided tours of the lighthouse
Let's Sketch Upton
This is an Urban Sketching event in which participants will sketch/draw/paint outdoors. Artists are encouraged to focus on locations mentioned in the Upton Heritage Trails.
Melrose Hall, Hoylake
Melrose Hall was grant funded by King George VI Memorial Fund for the pensioners of Hoylake.
Missing Mansion and Lost Highway - Bidston Court Gardens & Thermopylae Pass
A short walk exploring the local landscape history. We will walk up the enigmatic ‘Thermopylae’ Pass: historic hollow-way, examine the substantial infrastructure installed for Victorian high-end housing development and walk through the landscapedg
Ness Botanic Gardens
A guided tour of Ness with Mike Roberts our Plant Records Officer.
New Brighton Heritage and Information Centre
The Heritage Centre is a separate organisation to the Church, the synergy between our work and that of the church history is clear.
New Brighton: Ups and Downs of a Seaside Resort
A Heritage Walk/Talk around New Brighton illustrating the pattern of growth from its Edwardian heyday, the enterprising schemes of the interwar years, economic decline and recent resurgence.