Wirral Country Park (England)

In Victorian times, a railway ran from Hooton, on the Chester line, to the busy, popular, seaside resort of Parkgate, then on to West Kirkby at the North West end of the Wirral Peninsular. The railway ran for twelve miles, for most of its length overlooking the Dee Estuary, taking town's people on excursions to the seaside. With the diversion of the main channel of the river, the estuary silted up so that Parkgate and the other lower estuary seaside towns lost their seafront and their visitors. The line finally closed in 1962, but was developed and opened in 1973 as Wirral Country Park; Britain's first. The twelve miles of the country ...  Read the complete review

Now that the warmer weather has arrived I felt it was time to write about one of the places that I have visited on so many occasions from a child through to an adult and somewhere that will never loose its attraction. History of Wirral Country Park During the time of the Victorians a busy railway linked Hooton to West Kirby on the Wirral 12 miles away, miles of the railway line ran near to the Dee Estuary. The Steam Trains that used the railway used to bring townspeople to various stops along the line such as Parkgate for a cheap day out and back to the cities and towns at the end of the day. However, in 1962 the line was closed the seaside resorts ...  Read the complete review