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Birkenhead Town Hall is a civic building and former town hall in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England. The building was the former administrative headquarters of the County Borough of Birkenhead, and more recently, council offices for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral .
The Hamilton Square town hall site was never used as a market, despite that myth being propagated in many accounts of Birkenhead's history, including official sources. The large market hall which was a famous feature of Birkenhead was built behind the original market, along Albion Street, opening in July 1845.
Birkenhead Town Hall, which opened in 1887, was designed by local architect Charles Ellison. It is built of Scottish granite and sandstone from the local quarry at Storeton. The upper part of the clock tower was rebuilt in 1901 after suffering fire damage. Wirral Borough Council relocated to the Town Hall in 2023 from Wallasey Town Hall.
Birkenhead is a town in Wirral, Merseyside, England. Its central area contains 150 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings . Of these, six are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Wallasey Town Hall, one of the council's other buildings. Council meetings are held at Birkenhead Town Hall , which was completed in 1887 for the former Birkenhead Borough Council. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The council's main offices are at Alice Ker Square in the centre of Birkenhead, being a modern office development completed in 2023.
Tranmere is a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively, it is within the Birkenhead and Tranmere Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the county of Cheshire.
Birkenhead Central Library; Birkenhead General Hospital; Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station; Birkenhead Mollington Street TMD; Birkenhead Monks Ferry railway station; Birkenhead North railway station; Birkenhead Park railway station; Birkenhead Priory; Birkenhead Town Hall; Birkenhead Town railway station; Birkenhead War Memorial
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