What's On

  • Toxteth 1981 
    International Slavery Museum 
    1st Jul 2011 - 1st Jul 2012 

    A community exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary in July 2011 of the riots in Liverpool 8 ....

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  • Age of the Dinosaur  
    World Museum 
    22nd Oct 2011 - 15th Apr 2012 

    Get ready to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods ....

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  • The Art Books of Henri Matisse  
    Walker Art Gallery 
    21st Oct 2011 - 15th Apr 2012 

    An exhibition comprising 63 framed original illustrations with text from four of Matisse’s most significant books ....

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  • Wirral Farmers' Market 
    New Ferry Village Hall 
    10th Mar 2012 

    An established Farmers' Market less than 10 minutes walk from Bebington Railway Station ....

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  • Costume Drama: Fashion 1790 to 1850 
    Sudley House 
    8th Jul 2011 - 7th May 2012 

    An exhibition that explores the development of fashionable dress during a period of rapid social change ....

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  • Model Boat Fair 
    National Waterways Museum 
    3rd Mar 2012 - 4th Mar 2012 

    There will be big boats and small boats, docks and locks ....

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Birkenhead

Virgin Voyager heads North

A Perfect Place to Visit

The first ferry to Liverpool was operated by the monks of Birkenhead Priory which was established in around 1150 and is the oldest standing building on Merseyside. First restored over a century ago the site continues to develop with museums displays. Climb St Mary's Tower, now a memorial to those who lost their lives aboard the submarine Thetis, and experience the magnificent views up, down and across the Mersey to Liverpool.

Birkenhead had some remarkable ‘firsts’. It had the first public park (designed by the same architect as central Park in New York), the first English flats, the first public library and, in 1860, the first tramcars (you can still ride on a restored part of the Birkenhead tramway).

Birkenhead has two tunnels under the River Mersey to Liverpool. The rail tunnel opened in 1886 and was, at that time, the longest underwater railway tunnel in the world. Queensway was the first road tunnel under the river and was completed in1934. For some years in was the longest underwater road tunnel in the world.

The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum was opened in 1928 and houses most of Birkenhead's collection of artistic masterpieces. Permanent displays include Victorian oil paintings, English watercolours, Liverpool porcelain and a range of collections from local history and ship models to fine decorative arts. There is also an all year round programme of temporary exhibitions.

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