Places to explore near Birkenhead Central StationBirkenhead

The world's first publicly funded park, by Joseph Paxton, inspiration for Central Park.

1.7 km W

The longest single canal in Britain, crossing the Pennines by Bingley's Five Rise Locks and the moors above Burnley.

2.3 km NE · spans 5 counties

Giles Gilbert Scott's red sandstone giant, built between 1904 and 1978 and the largest cathedral in Britain.

3.3 km E

Frederick Gibberd's round 1960s Catholic cathedral, known locally as Paddy's Wigwam, lit by a lantern tower of coloured glass.

3.9 km NE

Grand gallery at the heart of Port Sunlight, built by Lord Leverhulme for his collection of Pre-Raphaelites, Wedgwood and fine furniture.

3.9 km S

Garden village built by soap magnate William Lever for his workers, 800 Arts-and-Crafts houses around greens and the Lady Lever Art Gallery.

4 km S · Merseyside

Liverpool's largest Victorian park, laid out in 1872 by a French designer.

5.5 km E

The ordinary Liverpool semi where John Lennon grew up, kept as it was when his Aunt Mimi ran the house

9.3 km E

A country park in Cheshire.

9.3 km SW

A hundred cast-iron Antony Gormley figures planted along two miles of Crosby beach, all facing the sea and drowning twice a day.

9.4 km N

Wooded National Trust hill above Caldy with a sandstone beacon, looking out over the Dee estuary to the Welsh mountains.

10 km W

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

2.4 km NE · spans 24 counties

A country park in Merseyside.

3 km W

Birkenhead's first cemetery, laid out by Edward Kemp in 1864 above the Mersey.

3.1 km W

A National Trust place in Merseyside.

3.4 km E

One of Joseph Paxton's first parks, laid out in 1842 with a serpentine lake.

4.4 km E

A country park in Merseyside.

5.5 km NW