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Wirral Transport Museum is a museum situated approximately 0.5 miles (800 m) from the Mersey Ferry service at Woodside, Birkenhead, England. A vintage tram service links the museum and the ferry at certain times. Admission into the museum is free with a broad selection of vintage and classic vehicles, including trams, buses, cars, motorcycles ...
Lisbon No.730 at Woodside Ferry Terminal. The two four-wheeled Hong Kong trams [15] are numbered 69 and 70 to follow on from the numbering of the original Birkenhead Corporation Tramways, the numbers of which went up to No.68. [4] These are run from the Wirral Transport Museum in Taylor Street.
The monks of Birkenhead Priory operated a ferry service until the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the priory's destruction by Henry VIII's troops in 1536. Ownership reverted to the Crown, and in 1544 the ferry rights as well as the Priory properties were bought by Ralph Worsley of Lancashire for £586. 11s. 6d (current value - almost £205,000).
In 1860, Birkenhead started the first street tramway in Britain, [2] shortly before London. The Birkenhead Corporation Tramway company was formed through the acquisition of the Birkenhead United Tramways, Omnibus and Carriage Company (known as Birkenhead Street Railway Company Limited 1860-1877, Birkenhead Tramways Company 1877-1890) on 31 December 1900, and the Wirral Tramway Company on 8 May ...
Birkenhead Transport buses at Woodside Ferry Terminal in September 1966 Preserved GM Buses Birkenhead & District liveried Northern Counties bodied Daimler Fleetline in October 2009 Birkenhead's first livery on trams and buses was maroon and cream with a white roof, but in 1934 Birkenhead's famous blue and cream livery was applied to a new AEC Q ...
The ferry terminal was opened in Summer 2002 at a cost of £25m. [2] It is used for transporting passengers and freight between Merseyside and Belfast , in Northern Ireland and freight to Dublin. Until 2023, [ 3 ] it also served passengers to Dublin , in the Republic of Ireland .
This list of museums in Merseyside, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Shore Road Pumping Station was granted Grade II listed status in 1992 [1] and eventually became part of the Wirral Museum, with a period 1901 Birkenhead street scene reconstructed in the yard. [4] In 2009, as part of its Strategic Asset Review, owners Wirral Borough Council planned to sell the museum. [5]