Places to explore near Conway Park StationBirkenhead

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

1.5 km W

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

2.1 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.

3.8 km E

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

4.5 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.

4.6 km S · Merseyside

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

5.8 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.

8.8 km N

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

9.5 km E

A country park in Cheshire.

9.6 km SW

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

1.9 km N · spans 24 counties

A country park in Merseyside.

2.8 km W

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

2.9 km W

A National Trust place in Merseyside.

3.3 km E

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

4.6 km E

A country park in Merseyside.

5 km NW