a b c Kemble, Mike. "The Wirral Hundred/The Wirral Peninsula". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 12 August 2007. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) North-south Wales air route plan for Chester-Hawarden airport". BBC News. 8 March 2013 . Retrieved 22 November 2015. The Liverpool City Region - The Strategic Proposals" (PDF). Merseyside.org.uk. May 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008 . Retrieved 12 August 2008. Caldy RFC play at Paton Field, Thurstaston. They are a rugby union club who play in England's second tier, the RFU Championship.

Royal Liverpool & Royal Troon agree Open hosting duties for 2023 and 2024". BBC Sport. 7 December 2020 . Retrieved 4 May 2022. We need to be able to identify anyone who makes comments on a planning application. This is why we ask for information about you. Setting up an account means that you do no need to enter these details again if you use any of the other services available via the account. Keeping your information safe A row of cottages in the historic village of Port Sunlight also featured on the 2014 series of BBC Two's The Great Interior Design Challenge. The village also played host to two episodes of BBC One's The Antiques Roadshow hosted by Fiona Bruce. [ citation needed]In the autumn of 2017 filming began in Port Sunlight and Thornton Hough for a biopic about the author Tolkien starring Nicholas Hoult. [46] When you call our call centre you will be asked to select the service you need. During busier times it may take longer for your call to be answered. It is also believed [ by whom?] that the Lime Pictures production Hollyoaks films occasionally, on location, on the Wirral. The BBC comedy drama Candy Cabs filmed external scenes in West Kirby and Hoylake in 2011. Wallasey School featured in Grease: The School Musical on Sky One in 2009. [ citation needed] If you are logged in, you can use the 'My submissions' link to see everything you have submitted via your account. Why do I need to register an account to make comments on a planning application? The Wirral has hosted a variety of different films and television programmes. Chariots of Fire was filmed at various locations on the Wirral including the Oval Sports Centre, Bebington, the Woodside Ferry Terminal, [39] and Bridge Cottage in Port Sunlight village, while the 1950 Ealing comedy The Magnet was filmed in Wallasey and New Brighton.

make a representation - this is where you can make a comment. This section only shows for applications which are open for public comment. New Brighton is a popular place for jet-skiing as well as for paddle boarding and kitesurfing. [59] Coward, T.A.; Oldham, C. (1910). The vertebrate fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay. Vol.II. London: Witherby & Co.For reasons that are both social and geographical, accents on the east side of the Wirral tend to show a stronger Merseyside influence than those on the west side. [35] Neston once had a distinctive dialect derived from the migrant workers at the Denhall Colliery. [36] Wirral in literature [ edit ] Regular Mersey Ferry crossings operate to Liverpool from both Woodside and Seacombe, providing a commuter shuttle and pleasure cruises.

West Kirby, in north west Wirral has a marine lake for windsurfing, sailing and sea kayaking and hosts the British Open Team Racing Championship (Wilson Trophy) sailing competition. The BBC Two drama Peaky Blinders was filmed at various locations on the Wirral, including Port Sunlight village. The second series Peter Kay's Car Share also filmed at various Wirral locations including Meols and West Kirby. Sky One's 2016 thriller, The Five, starring Lee Ingleby shot scenes around the Wirral including in Port Sunlight. [ citation needed] The Open Championship was played at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake in 1897, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1924, 1930, 1936, 1947, 1956, 1967, 2006 and 2014. The Open is due to return to the Royal Liverpool for the 13th time in 2023. [50] The Women's British Open was played at Royal Liverpool in 2012. Coward, T.A.; Oldham, C. (1910). The vertebrate fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay. Vol.I. London: Witherby & Co.

The M53 is also seen as an east–west divide between the affluent and developing areas of the Wirral. [29] [30] Landmarks [ edit ] Typical houses in Port Sunlight. View from Caldy Hill to Wales Wirral Sand Yacht Club". wsyc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007 . Retrieved 22 July 2007.

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Despite containing urban and industrial areas, the Wirral still has picturesque villages, sandy beaches, large areas of land owned by the National Trust, as well as views across the two estuaries and out into the Irish Sea. [31] Wirral Council has identified over 130 public access points within its administrative area to beaches and to open water. [32] Among the areas of open land are Bidston Hill, Caldy Hill, Eastham Country Park, including the Victorian Pleasure Gardens, Hilbre Island, North Wirral Coastal Park, Thurstaston Common and Thor's Stone and the Wirral Way. Ness Botanical Gardens are part of the University of Liverpool and have won many awards. [33] The visitor centre at RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands provides birdwatching facilities in the Dee Estuary nature reserve. [34] Jim Bennett, although born in Liverpool has lived for many years on the Wirral and in Heswall. Many landmarks, places and shops are used in his writing. His collection of poems Larkhill was nominated for the Ted Hughes Poetry Award. Are you feeling anxious or stressed and need support? Text 'BLUE' to 85258 to start a conversation, via text, with a trained volunteer, who will provide free and confidential support. The Shout service is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information, you can watch or listen to a video to find out how the service works. Crewecial Crisis Café (located in Crewe) The 2017 ITV drama Safe House starring Jason Watkins and Sunetra Sarker filmed several scenes on the peninsula. [ citation needed] The Wirral is described in Helen Forrester's book Twopence to Cross the Mersey (1974) as a place unreachable and comparably rich from the perspective of a poor girl struggling to live with her family in Liverpool during the Great Depression, despite having an aunt in West Kirby and the Mersey ferry costing just two old pence.