Landmarks & Historical Buildings in Birkenhead, Merseyside

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Located within easy walking distance of the nearby Tam O’Shanter Urban Farm (free car parking spaces in a designated car park) the windmill provides a focal point for walks across the lovely heathland and rocky outcrops of Bidston Hill; providing a vantage point for panoramic views across the River Mersey, to…

Lierba

Bidston Windmill

I keep meaning to take my dad to this.U-534 was used for training and weather reporting during the war.The exhibition feels pretty realistic (although of course I never lived through the war). Onboard the real German U-boat there is original film archive and interactive displays and you can listen to…

Ruth B.

U-Boat Story

This is a working museum as it was built in the 1870’s, along with the first Mersey tunnel, in order to keep the tunnel relatively dry — this being, at the time of opening, the longest underwater tunnel in the world. This beam engine (known as a Giant Grasshopper due to its looks) kept the railway trains…

David K.

Shore Road Pumping Station

I have visited Birkenhead Town Hall on several occasions regarding my burgeoning ancestral research. While I have received some very useful certificates, the service was sadly not quite so helpful. The staff are a little aloof, even disdainful, I find most of them unapproachable and have had some trouble in the…