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Fort
Fort Perch Rock
Grade II* listed fort built in the 1820s to defend the Port of Liverpool, now a museum and visitor attraction.
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New Brighton & Wallasey: things to do
Places worth your time in New Brighton & Wallasey
Top places
Things to do in New Brighton & Wallasey
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Lighthouse
New Brighton Lighthouse
Decommissioned lighthouse on Perch Rock, also called Perch Rock Lighthouse; construction of the present tower began in 1827.
Theatre
Floral Pavilion Theatre
Seafront theatre staging comedy, music, children's shows and a Christmas pantomime; the original opened in 1913.
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Park
Vale Park
Victorian park opened in 1899 with formal gardens, a rose garden and a bandstand.
Anglican church
St James' Church
Grade II listed Anglican parish church on Victoria Road, New Brighton.
Lifeboat station
New Brighton Lifeboat Station
RNLI station on Kings Parade; Wikipedia says a lifeboat was first stationed locally in 1827 and the RNLI took over in 1863.
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Ferry terminal
Seacombe Ferry Terminal
Wallasey terminal of the Mersey Ferry, on the triangular route to Woodside and Pier Head.
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Civic building
Wallasey Town Hall
Grade II* listed municipal building on Brighton Street, the main meeting place of Wirral Council.
Anglican church
St Hilary's Church
Church of 1858-59 beside the separate tower of the medieval church; both are Grade II listed.
Park
Central Park
Park on the site of Liscard Hall, the home of Sir John Tobin, which was destroyed by fire in 2008.
Beach
New Brighton beach and promenade
Sandy beaches along the Irish Sea and the Mersey mouth, with what Wikipedia calls the UK's longest promenade.
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Leisure development
Marine Point
Leisure and retail development opened in 2011, with restaurants, the Light cinema and a Travelodge, according to Wikipedia.
Liverpool
More areas to explore
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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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14 sights · 17 places to eat
Albert Dock & the Waterfront
Warehouse docks, museums and the Three Graces on the Mersey
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16 sights · 20 places to eat
Cavern Quarter, Ropewalks & Chinatown
Beatles history, independent streets, Chinatown and the William Brown Street museums
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- New Brighton & Wallasey (area photo): Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fort Perch Rock: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- New Brighton Lighthouse: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Floral Pavilion Theatre: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Vale Park: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St James' Church: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- New Brighton Lifeboat Station: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Seacombe Ferry Terminal: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wallasey Town Hall: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Hilary's Church: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Central Park: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- New Brighton beach and promenade: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marine Point: Rodhullandemu, 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
- Birkenhead & Hamilton Square: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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