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Georgian square
Hamilton Square
Georgian square designed by James Gillespie Graham; Wikipedia says it has more Grade I listed buildings than anywhere outside London except Trafalgar Square.
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Birkenhead & Hamilton Square: things to do
Places worth your time in Birkenhead & Hamilton Square
Top places
Things to do in Birkenhead & Hamilton Square
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Civic building
Birkenhead Town Hall
Former town hall on Hamilton Square, later used as council offices for Wirral.
Medieval priory
Birkenhead Priory
Oldest standing building on Merseyside, with a tower offering river views, according to its website.
Park
Birkenhead Park
Park designed by Joseph Paxton and opened in 1847; a Grade I listed landscape with a visitor centre and café.
Art gallery and museum
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum
Gallery and museum on Slatey Road that houses Wirral's art collection, with changing exhibitions.
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Ferry terminal
Woodside Ferry Terminal
Birkenhead terminal for the Mersey Ferry, facing the Liverpool waterfront across the river.
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Monument
Queen Victoria Monument
Eleanor-cross style monument at the centre of Hamilton Square, designed by Edmund Kirby and unveiled in 1905.
War memorial
Birkenhead War Memorial
Portland stone cenotaph in Hamilton Square, opposite the town hall, designed by Lionel Budden and unveiled in 1925.
Statue
Statue of John Laird
Statue on the west side of Hamilton Square of the Birkenhead shipbuilder John Laird, unveiled in 1877.
Roman Catholic church
St Werburgh's Church
Active Roman Catholic church on Grange Road, a Grade II listed building.
Industrial heritage
Central Hydraulic Tower
Grade II listed tower that powered dock bridges and lock gates; currently disused, so view it from outside.
Suburb
Oxton village
Suburb of Birkenhead that was a village in its own right until it joined the municipal borough in 1877.
Shipyard
Cammell Laird
Shipbuilding company formed by the merger of Laird Brothers of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell of Sheffield; the yard is on the Mersey.
Market
Birkenhead Market
Market hall with stalls for food, clothes and household goods; its website says it has served Wirral for nearly 200 years.
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Lime Street & the Knowledge Quarter
Where the trains arrive, with the university quarter and Edge Hill beyond
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Albert Dock & the Waterfront
Warehouse docks, museums and the Three Graces on the Mersey
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- Birkenhead & Hamilton Square (area photo): Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hamilton Square: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Birkenhead Town Hall: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Birkenhead Priory: Tim Dutton, CC BY 2.0, source
- Birkenhead Park: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Williamson Art Gallery and Museum: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Woodside Ferry Terminal: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Queen Victoria Monument: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Birkenhead War Memorial: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Statue of John Laird: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Werburgh's Church: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Central Hydraulic Tower: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Oxton village: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cammell Laird: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Birkenhead Market: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- New Brighton & Wallasey: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lime Street & the Knowledge Quarter: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Albert Dock & the Waterfront: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cavern Quarter, Ropewalks & Chinatown: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Baltic Triangle & Georgian Quarter: Fatih Renkligil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Cathedrals & Hope Street: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Anfield & the Football Story: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lark Lane & Sefton Park: Ben James, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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