Where is the wirral peninsula

Port Sunlight Village Port Sunlight. Ness Botanic Gardens Ness. Championship Adventure Golf New Brighton. Wirral Country Park Thurstaston. Floral Pavilion Theatre New Brighton. Search Accommodation. Add Room. Search Things to Do. Helens Wirral. Search What's On. Any date in the future. Further pages in this section. Other Websites. It was from here, Merseyside 's oldest building, that Benedictine monks operated the first Mersey ferry in , having been granted a passage to Liverpool by a charter from Edward III.

The original ferry service, now famous throughout the world, put Wirral on the map as part of the King's highway, yet for centuries the peninsula remained a cluster of small holdings and hamlets. It wasn't until the s that steam-powered boats improved communication and opened up Wirral's Mersey coast for industrialisation.

The s saw the birth of the renowned shipbuilding tradition when John Laird opened his Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead.

Wirral's first railway was built in planned by George Stephenson and connected Birkenhead with Chester. This encouraged the growth of Wirral; Birkenhead and Wallasey grew into large towns. In , Birkenhead 's first docks and its municipal park, the first in Britain and the inspiration for New York 's Central Park , were opened. The tunnel under the Mersey for the Mersey Railway led to increased development after The first tunnel was supplemented by a vehicle tunnel in Queensway and a third in Kingsway.

Wirral's dockland areas of Wallasey and Birkenhead continued to develop and prosper. A host of other port-related industries then came into existence, such as flour milling, tanning, edible oil refining and the manufacture of paint and rubber-based products.

A large chemical and oil refining complex is still in Ellesmere Port. Add Room. Tick here for products providing access information. Any date in the future. Book Accommodation. Tick here for accommodation providing access information. Search What's On. Explore Wirral Highlights. That Liverpool should finally have a Roman Catholic Cathedral of its own, was a dream come true when on 14th May , the Accommodation Stock Photos Pictures..

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