Wirral

Properties and events in Wirral

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Bidston Community Archaeology

Tam O Shanter Urban Farm, 25 Boundary Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 7PD
In person
Pre-booking not required

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

Bidston Hall, Eleanor Road, Bidston, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 7QT
In person
Pre-booking required

A short walk exploring the landscape history of the northern part of Bidston Hill.

Birkenhead Park Heritage Walks

Birkenhead Park Pavilion, Park Drive, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 4HY
In person
Pre-booking required

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, Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 5JH
In person
Pre-booking not required

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

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.

Building of Bromborough Pool

1 The Green, Bromborough Pool, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 4TT
In person
Pre-booking required

Autism Together will be hosting self-guided and guided tours of Bromborough Pool Village

Byrne Avenue Baths Heritage Tours

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

Enjoy a tour of the beautiful Art Deco style Byrne Avenue Baths.

Callister Garden

34A Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UG
In person
Pre-booking not required

Join us in the Callister Garden to celebrate the centenary of The Callister Trust.

Dr Duncan's War - Surviving Far East Captivity

St Mary's Church, Church Road, Upton, Merseyside, CH49 6JZ
In person
Pre-booking not required

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 Country Park, Ferry Road, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 0BH
In person
Pre-booking required

Eastham woods was the location of an extensive Victorian Pleasure Gardens, from the 1840s to 1920s.

Eastham Village Walk

St Mary's Church, Stanley Lane, Eastham, Merseyside, CH62 0AQ
In person
Pre-booking required

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

English Martyrs Church, St. Georges Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 6TU
In person
Pre-booking not required

“F X Velarde may have been the last British architect to use the sculpted human form in his work.

Holy Cross Parish Church, Woodchurch

Holy Cross Church, Church Lane, Upton, Merseyside, CH49 7LS
In person
Pre-booking not required

Grade II* listed 12th-century church with Norman nave, 14th-century tower and chancel, Tudor porch, Saxon cross fragment

Leasowe Lighthouse

Leasowe Lighthouse, Moreton Common, Wirral, Merseyside, CH46 4TA
In person
Pre-booking not required

Leasowe Lighthouse, the UK’s oldest brick-built lighthouse, will be offering free guided tours of the lighthouse

Let's Sketch Upton

Arrowe Park Road, Upton, Merseyside, CH49 0UD
In person
Pre-booking not required

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, 6 Melrose Avenue, Hoylake, Merseyside, CH47 3BU
In person
Pre-booking not required

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

Windermere Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 9RE
In person
Pre-booking required

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

Ness Botanic Gardens, Ness Gardens, Neston Road, Ness, Merseyside, CH64 4AY
In person
Pre-booking required

A guided tour of Ness with Mike Roberts our Plant Records Officer.

New Brighton Heritage and Information Centre

St James's Church, Albion Street, New Brighton, Merseyside, CH45 9LF
In person
Pre-booking not required

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

Marine Promenade, New Brighton, Merseyside, CH45 9LF
In person
Pre-booking required

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.