Places to explore near Birkenhead Park StationBirkenhead Park

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

0.5 km SW

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

2.9 km E · spans 5 counties

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

4.4 km E

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

4.7 km E

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

5.4 km SE

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

5.5 km SE · Merseyside

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

6.9 km E

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

8.3 km N

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

9.1 km W

A country park in Cheshire.

9.2 km SW

Large saltwater lake on the Dee front at West Kirby, busy with sailing and paddleboards and ringed by a popular promenade.

9.8 km W

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

1.7 km W

A country park in Merseyside.

1.7 km W

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

2.1 km NE · spans 24 counties

A country park in Merseyside.

3.9 km NW

A National Trust place in Merseyside.

4.4 km E

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

5.7 km E