Central Wirral

Central Wirral covers the villages of Barnston, Storeton, Brimstage, Thornton Hough, Raby and Willaston, split between Merseyside and Cheshire, England.

Understand

A group of dispersed villages in rural central Wirral.

Get in

By road

M53, junction 4 (Clatterbridge)

By rail

Heswall railway station, 53.32950°, -3.07348°.

By bike

National Cycle Route 56 passes through the area, allowing access to Chester, New Brighton and Liverpool

Get around

See

Hadlow Road railway station, Hadlow Road, Willaston (on the Wirral Way), 53.2884°, -3.005°. A preserved railway station on the former Hooton to West Kirby line

Do

Brimstage Hall and Courtyard (Voirrey Embroidery, Maize Maze), Brimstage Road, Brimstage. CH63 6JA, 53.33653°, -3.04647°, +44 151 336-4828, info@leverhulmeestates.co.uk. Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, midday-5pm. A collection of boutique shops, a restaurant and coffee shop.
Wirral Rugby and Cricket Club, Thornton Common Road, Thornton Hough, Merseyside, CH63 4JU, 53.324585°, -3.029675°, +44 151 334-1309. Visit Thornton Hough, a Victorian village with cricket green.

Buy

Eat

Country Mouse, Brimstage Hall, Brimstage, CH63 6JA, 53.337600°, -3.040080°, +44 151 342-5382.

Drink

The Fox and Hounds, Barnston Village, 53.34232°, -3.08337°, +44 151 648-7685. A distinctly homely atmosphere exists in the two bars and snug.
The Wheatsheaf Inn, The Green, Raby. CH63 4JH, 53.31091°, -3.03530°, +44 151 336-3416.

Sleep

Thornton Manor, Manor Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 1JB, 53.32764°, -3.05148°, +44 151 353-1155. The premier hotel on the Wirral peninsula. Formerly the residence of William Lever, Lord Leverhulme.
Thornton Hall Hotel, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 1JF, 53.31511°, -3.05263°, +44 151 336-3938.