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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 ...
Between 2001 and 2010, the Wirral Museum occupied a significant portion of the building. It featured both themed and permanent exhibits such as the history and development of Wirral, the Cammell Laird collection, the Wirral Silver and Mayoral collections, Della Robbia Pottery and a detailed scale model of the historic Woodside area in 1934. [3]
The Wirral Line from Birkenhead travels south to Chester and Ellesmere Port, north to New Brighton and westwards, across the Wirral Peninsula, to West Kirby. Bidston (in the north of Birkenhead) is at one end of the Borderlands Line , it serves the rural centre of Wirral, near Shotton it leaves England for Wales, serving Wrexham General and ...
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.
Category: Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. 3 languages. ... Birkenhead (6 C, 48 P) H. Hoylake (15 P) W. Wallasey (2 C, 38 P)
This is a list of populated places in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.. Barnston; Bebington; Beechwood; Bidston; Birkenhead; Brimstage; Bromborough; Caldy ...
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]
The art gallery and museum opened on 1 December 1928, the single-storey building is Neo-Georgian in style, and was deliberately designed to blend in with the local surroundings. Financial support for its establishment was primarily provided by John Williamson, a Director of the Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd. and his son Patrick Williamson.