Hoylake to Birkenhead Park on the North Wirral Coast
Along the North Wirral coast past Leasowe lighthouse to New Brighton and Perch Rock, then down the Mersey with Liverpool across the water.
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From Hoylake you follow the coast to Leasowe Common and its lighthouse, from 1763 the oldest brick built lighthouse in Britain. Then it's on to New Brighton, known before the 19th century for smuggling and wrecking, out to Perch Rock with its fort and lighthouse, and down New Brighton parade.
From Egremont ferry the views across to Liverpool are fantastic, and you finish in Birkenhead Park, the inspiration for New York's Central Park.
Highlights
- Leasowe lighthouse
- Perch Rock, New Brighton
- Birkenhead Park
- Distance
- 10.8 miles (17.4 km)
- Route
- one way
- Difficulty
- easy
- Start
- Hoylake Parade
- Parking
- Hoylake
- Terrain
- Coast, History, Town
