Wirral

Properties and events in Wirral

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AudaTours Birkenhead Audio Tour: Hammers, Hulls and the Means Test

Birkenhead Priory, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 6AY
Online & In person
Book on day

A self-guided audio tour of Birkenhead, exploring the shipbuilders, dockers and ferry workers of the Mersey.

Bebington Cemetery

Town Lane, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 5JF
In person
Pre-booking preferred

Bebington Cemetery was opened in 1868 and was developed to create a tranquil oasis.

Brimstage Heritage Orchard Apple, Pear & Plum Day

The Orchard, Brimstage Hall, Brimstage Road, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 6JA
In person
Pre-booking not required

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.

Byrne Avenue Baths Heritage Tours

Byrne Avenue Baths, Byrne Avenue, Rock Ferry, Wirral, Merseyside, CH42 4PQ
In person
Pre-booking required

Join us for a guided tour of the unique, Grade II listed Byrne Avenue Baths. Find out about the history of this beautiful 1930s building and future plans. Tours last approximately 1 hour.

Christ Church United Reformed Church, Port Sunlight

Christ Church, Church Drive, Port Sunlight, Merseyside, CH62 5EF
In person
Pre-booking not required

Picturesque garden village of Port Sunlight built end of 19th century, originally constructed by Lord Lever as a home for workers at his soap factory, Lever Brothers, which eventually became Unilever.

Clifton Hall

27 Clifton Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 2SF
In person
Pre-booking not required

Built in 1845, Clifton Hall began as a private residence before later serving as a tabernacle and, for the past century, a Masonic Hall. Grade II listed since the 1970s.

Flaybrick Chapels and Cemetery

Flaybrick Cemetery, Tollemache Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 0DG
In person
Pre-booking not required

Length of guided walk approximately 30 minutes Historic Victorian cemetery designed by Edward Kemp; Birkenhead’s oldest cemetery which is the final resting place of many of the town’s great and good.

Oxton Guided History Walk - Arno

Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, 342A Woodchurch Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 8PQ
In person
Pre-booking required

A walk involving early agricultural practices, brickmaking, cast iron manufacture and a landmark pub; a Neolithic axe and a hoard of Roman coins.

Oxton Guided History Walk - East

Rose Mount/Village Road, Slatey Road, Oxton, Merseyside, CH43 5SF
In person
Pre-booking required

A walk discussing the development of the village from its early years as open heathland to the place it is today.

Oxton Guided History Walk - West

Rose Mount/Village Road, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 5SF
In person
Pre-booking required

A walk to the oldest building in Oxton, then to the parish church, on past a pub and along a former ropewalk.

Oxton Guided History Walk - Williamson

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UE
In person
Pre-booking required

A walk involving the early development of Birkenhead as it expanded, including the work of the architects Charles Reed, Walter Scott and Edmund Kirby.

Oxton Guided History Walk - Women of Oxton

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UE
In person
Pre-booking required

A walk examining the lives and achievements of some notable Oxton women including a diarist, a doctor and the first policewoman. I

Rock Park Walk

New Ferry Road, New Ferry, Merseyside, CH62 1DX
In person
Pre-booking required

This is a walk around Rock Park – highlighting its social history and significance. The buildings are Grade 2 Listed and the New Ferry – Rock Ferry coast is designated an SSSI (Site of Specific Scientific Interest).

St James Church New Brighton

Albion Street, New Brighton, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, CH45 9LF
In person
Pre-booking not required

A Grade II Victorian Gothic Revival Style listed building, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, completed in 1856. Eminent Victorian artist A.O Hemming designed the reredos, murals & roof paintings and the 3 stained glass windows in the Sanctuary.

St Mary's Church liscard

Withens Lane, Manor Road, Liscard Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 7NQ
In person
Pre-booking not required

St Marys `Church, in Liscard since 1877, it holds much character, beauty. and history. It is now a flourishing, thriving Church that is very much part of the community. We have a beautiful garden to be enjoyed with strawberry' and scones with T/C

St Mary’s Church, Liscard

Withins Lane, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, CH45 7NQ
In person
Pre-booking not required

St Mary’s Church, built in 1877, features historic stained-glass windows, including one by Thomas Kempe, and others inspired by William Morris and Lancashire artists.

St Oswalds Church

Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 7QT
In person
Pre-booking not required

St Oswald's Church in Bidston, Wirral, is a historic 13th-century Anglican parish church. Renowned for its Gothic architecture and stunning stained glass, it has long been a community and spiritual hub.

Storeton Woods Guided Walk

Marsh Lane, Storeton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH63 5PP
In person
Pre-booking not required

Guided Tours of Storeton Wood including Railway History and Dinosaur discovery Start & finish at middle gate in Marsh Lane, Storeton, CH63 5PP (there are three gate entrances, use middle gate - see photo)

The Story of Edith Smith

Church Hall, Bridge Street, Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 5DL
In person
Pre-booking required

A play at Church Hall, Bridge Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral CH62 5DL

The Story of Edith Smith, Oxton

34a Slatey Road, Prenton, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 4UG
In person
Pre-booking required

A play at Callister Garden, 34A Slatey Road, Wirral CH43 4UG The Story of Edith Smith celebrates the Oxton-born woman