Places to explore near Upton StationUpton

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

2.7 km E

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

5.9 km W

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

6.1 km E · spans 5 counties

A country park in Cheshire.

6.3 km SW

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

6.6 km SE

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

6.6 km W

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

6.7 km SE · Merseyside

Wirral seaside town with a marine lake for sailing and the low-tide walk out to the Hilbre Islands.

6.9 km W · Merseyside

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

7.5 km E

Sand dunes, reed beds and red sandstone at the north-west tip of the Wirral near Hoylake, a fine spot for birds and sunsets.

7.6 km W

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

7.9 km E

Three red-sandstone tidal islands off West Kirby, walked to across the sands at low tide, with grey seals and wading birds

9.3 km W

Old sea-wall promenade at Parkgate overlooking a huge tract of Dee salt marsh, famous for birds of prey and winter high-tide spectacles.

9.7 km S

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

9.7 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.

9.9 km N

Former Dee port turned quiet promenade village, its old sea wall now looking over vast salt marshes and famous for shrimps and ice cream.

9.9 km S · Cheshire

A country park in Merseyside.

1 km NE

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

1.8 km NE

A country park in Merseyside.

3.5 km NW

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Merseyside.

3.9 km SW

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

4 km N · spans 24 counties

A National Trust place in Merseyside.

4.4 km SW