Places to see in ( West Kirby - UK )
Places to see in ( West Kirby - UK )
West Kirby is a town on the north-west corner of the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England, at the mouth of the River Dee. To the north-east lies Hoylake, to the east Grange and Newton, and to the south-east Caldy.
The old village lay around St. Bridget's Church, but the town today is centred on West Kirby railway station, which is about 1 km away. The town has a Victorian promenade, flanked by the West Kirby Marine Lake that permits boats to sail even at low tide. The original wall was built to create the lake in 1899 but suffered a catastrophic leak in 1985. A new lake was constructed on the site which is wider than previously and allows better sporting opportunities. The Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial is a notable local landmark, designed in 1922 by the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger, who was responsible for a number of war memorials around the world, including the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London.
West Kirby was a township and parish within the Wirral Hundred. It became part of Hoylake West Kirby civil parish and Hoylake Urban District in 1894. The population was 148 in 1801, 435 in 1851 and 4,542 in 1901. On 1 April 1974, West Kirby was absorbed into the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Wirral as part of local government reorganisation in England and Wales. At that point, West Kirby ceased to be in Cheshire for administrative purposes and became part of the new administrative county of Merseyside.
West Kirby lies at the north-western corner of the Wirral Peninsula. West Kirby is situated on the eastern side of the mouth of the Dee Estuary, and approximately 8 mi (13 km) west of Liverpool. Hilbre Island is approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) offshore from West Kirby, at the mouth of the Dee Estuary. St Bridget's Church is West Kirby's Church of England parish church, and the chancel of the present church dates from around 1320. St Andrew's Church is West Kirby's second Church of England church, originally built as a chapel of ease for St Bridget's, gaining its own parish in 1920. St Agnes' Church is the local Roman Catholic church.[11] West Kirby also has a United Reformed church, which dates to 1890, and a Methodist church which dates to 1904.
The town itself contains Ashton Park and a starting point of the Wirral Way, which follows the trackbed of the former Birkenhead Railway branch line from Hooton. Sandlea Park lies in the centre of the town, a short walk from the railway station. Coronation Gardens is located between the southern end of the promenade between South Parade and Banks Road. There are various other small parks and bowling greens situated around the town. Another popular activity is to walk out to the islands of Little Eye, Middle Eye and Hilbre Island at low tide. The promenade, beach and the walk to the war memorial allow an excellent panoramic view of part of the North Wales coastline.
Grange Road, the main thoroughfare of West Kirby, is situated on the A540 road. The B5141, starting at the Dee Lane junction with Grange Road, joins West Kirby with Caldy via Banks Road, Sandy Lane and Caldy Road. West Kirby railway station is the western terminus of Merseyrail's Wirral line, with return services to Liverpool, Southport, Ormskirk, Liverpool Airport and Chester.
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The Talyllyn Railway ~ The World's First Preserved Railway ~ 29/07/2017 2017
My final upload from my wonderful North Wales Holiday is a journey along the World's First preserved Railway (1951)...The Talyllyn Narrow Gauge Railway in North Wales. This line is probably known best for the inspiration for Rev W Audry the author of the World Famous 'Thomas The Tank' Books.
We start at the Railway's lower terminus at Tywyn Wharf, where we see 1921 built Kerr Stuart 'Peter Sam' shunting the stock for our 7 1/4 mile run up the line behind 1991 built by the Talyllyn Railway, 'Tom Rolt' the line's newest and most powerful locomotive.
I hope you've enjoyed my uploads during my week away, all taken without a tripod and in some very trying weather conditions....It's been a wonderful holiday...Thanks to tou all!
A Trip Out: Midland Model Engineering Exhibition 2016
A short little edited video of Midland Model Engineering Exhibition, with a bit of music. Sorry if the genre of music isn't for you!
This is a little trip 3 of us went on over the weekend of the 16th October 2016. We started off the day heading to the outside of Leamington Spa, where the exhibition was held, it was good, with models inside and out. Luckily its wasn't too busy, and we were able to get a good look at most of the models. Then later we decide to have a look at the new Bromsgrove station, which we had not had a proper look at!
Avonvale Model Engineering Society:
Music:
Itro & Tobu - Cloud 9
Music was provided by NoCopyrightSounds
Narrow Gauge Railways of Great Britain The Hythe Pier Railway October 2017
Just where has this year gone? The last series of 2017 but a couple of trips still could be on the cards.
We have visited 42 new railways in 2017,still many more to go before we can say we have rode on them all.
We start this series with a visit to the Hythe Pier Railway a Narrow gauge three rail electric,very rare to see a narrow gauge electric.
We really enjoyed our stay riding the railway,watching the boats travelling along the Southampton Water in the sunshine.
Mortocombe Railway at the Chilton Garden Centre August 2014
Not the best railway we have been too but still very interesting in that it has 10 1/4 and 7 1/4 gauges on it's track.
It seems a shame not more passengers were using the trains,tucked away at the back of the garden centre,no direction signs to show the way to the station,we had to ask where it was.
Many thanks to the members of the railway.
Trapped on the lake .... west kirby
sailing our boat on the marine lake wishing we was on the ocean ....but where is the sea?
Drone test
boat Skipper 14
Drone DJi Mavic Pro
48151 Roars past Settle hauling The Pendle Dalesman 27/10/2018
The final run of West Coast Railtours' 'Pendle Dalesman' ran on a freezing cold 27th October from Doncaster to Carlisle with steam from Hellifield up the S&C. Despite forecasts of glorious sunshine for most of the week, it was dull and grey when we reached Settle, and although the blue skies were only a few miles away they never reached the town, making the exposed hillside above a very cold place to be. 48151 was the loco doing the honours and the tour managed to depart Hellifield late even after being there for 90 minutes but it was only a 3-4 minute delay and a few minutes after it should have passed, the 8F came thundering round the bend at the south end of Settle. With the 1 in 100 gradient, the exhaust beat was getting noticeably slower as the tour passed below but the noise was excellent; just what you expect from one of Stanier's finest...
Port Sunlight Heritage Village War Memorial Wirral England Unilever Lever
Panorama of the famous village and war memorial. Lady Lever Art Gallery (Liverpool Museums - free admission) in distance.
2012-2013 Cheshire Life Lancashire Life Food and Drink Awards
2012-2013 Cheshire Life Lancashire Life Food and Drink Awards at the Midland Hotel, Manchester - October 29th 2012 -