Posts About the Wirral, Merseyside
The Wirral is a peninsula opposite Liverpool. At the end of the peninsula is the North Sea. To the left (looking out to the North Sea) is the River Dee and to the right the River Mersey. It has also featured heavily in my life.
Sussing Out the Walk to Hilbre Island
I’ve known about Hilbre Island for a long time, today I went to the marina in West Kirby to view the walk out to it.
13th April 2026
A Sunnier Day in West Kirby and Hoylake
Today I visited West Kirby to suss out the walk to Hilbre Island. I also had drinks in the West Kirby Tap and the Black Toad in Hoylake.
13th April 2026
Port Sunlight River Park
Today I visited the Port Sunlight River Park and had a nice walk around it, taking photos of the River Mersey.
10th April 2026
Eastham Ferry
A Walk from Seacombe Ferry to New Brighton
Today I walked from the Seacombe Ferry terminus to New Brighton, taking photos along the way.
2nd October 2025
Bow-Legged Beagle Pub, New Brighton
After a long walk from Seacombe to New Brighton I had a rest and several pints at the Bow-Legged Beagle.
2nd October 2025
A Walk Along the Mersey
Today I walked along the river Mersey from near Brunswick Station to the Pier Head.
12th August 2025
Shorefields Nature Park, Wirral
Photo of the Liverpool waterfront and the Seaforth dock, taken from the Shorefields Nature Park during a visit there with my friend John.
29th May 2025
Hilbre Island, West Kirby
Photo of Hilbre Island taken from the West Kirby War Memorial on a sunny March Day in 2025.
22nd March 2025
My Earliest Memory
My earliest memory is of being unable to climb the West Kirby war memorial when I was a toddler.
21st March 2025
The Breach at New Brighton
These photographs show people on the breach at New Brighton, looking towards the Seaforth dock and towards Liverpool.27
27th November 2024
Family Trips: Wirral Coast
Photos taken during a drive along the Wirral coast on a grey September morning, in 2007.
1st June 2024