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5 days ago · Tourist information and business directory for Birkenhead in Cheshire & Wirral, helping you find the best attractions, hotels, restaurants, events, and heritage.
3 days ago · Recent News. Young Wirral entrepreneur nominated for national award. July 4, 2024. birkenhead.news. A young baker from Prenton who started her own business last year so she could attend Wirral’s first-ever Youth Market, has been nominated for a national award that recognises young… Former Birkenhead office block set for apartments conversion.
4 days ago · Birkenhead has been a Labour stronghold since it was re-created in 1950 but between 1861 and 1918, it mostly voted Conservative. The town’s most recent MP was Labour’s Mick Whitley who is ...
2 days ago · The priory of St. James the Great at Birkenhead stood on a wooded headland on the north-eastern shore of the Wirral peninsula near a river ferry across the Mersey to Liverpool; the existence of a ferry may have been the reason for the foundation of a monastery on such an isolated site and for its dedication. (fn. 1) According to John Leland the ...
3 days ago · Birkenhead Park's origins go back to 1841. Designed by Joseph Paxton, who also created Princes Park in nearby Liverpool, Birkenhead Park opened to the public in 1847 and is credited as being the first public park in the world. In 1995, the park was designated as a Grade 1 listed landscape by English Heritage. The Romanesque Grand Entrance is a ...
3 days ago · Across the water in Wirral, Birkenhead has seen turnout fall to 55.4% from 66% in 2019, with Wirral West at 68.3% compared to 77.3% last time around. Share close panel
5 days ago · Summer Palace: Just up for the week, house & pet siting. - See 189 traveler reviews, 16 candid photos, and great deals for Birkenhead, UK, at Tripadvisor.
