Author Archives: Barbara

Sherdley Park, St Helens, 3rd November 2024

Sherdley Park was once the private estate of a copper industrialist called Michael Hughes, who died in 1825. The estate fell into disrepair until it was bought by the local council in 1949. Now it is a huge open space, … Continue reading

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Parkgate, 20th October 2024

Parkgate used to be small port on the river Dee. Over the last couple of hundred years it has silted up and is now mostly saltmarsh. The Dee flows in a narrow channel next to the north Wales coast. Over … Continue reading

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West Kirby, 13th October 2024

West Kirby is a place for outdoor sports of sea and air. We strolled along South Parade, watching the yachtspeople practicing their turns on the Marine Lake, and there was a powered paraglider overhead. It was low tide, and people … Continue reading

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Calderstones Park, 6th October 2024

Is early October too soon for autumn colour nowadays? Calderstones, with its wealth of trees, should be a good place to answer the question. Near the southern entrance some of the rare Maples were starting to turn but around the … Continue reading

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Otterspool Park. 29th September 2024

Otterspool Park is the old carriage drive to the grand riverside house of a snuff miller. After the house was demolished in 1931 the drive became a route down to the “day out” destination of Otterspool on the banks of … Continue reading

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Wallasey Central Park, 22nd September 2024

How can I have walked with the Sunday group for over 20 year and never been to Wallasey Central Park?  We think our former leader Bob Hughes once took the group to a small, derelict area nearby, said that was … Continue reading

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Alexandra Park, Crosby, 8th September 2024

It was Heritage Open Day, and we wanted to go to some exciting events in Chester, but Merseyrail chose to do some engineering works, and we couldn’t face a rail-replacement bus to Chester from Hooton. That left us re-evaluating what … Continue reading

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Arrowe Park, 25th August 2024

Arrowe Park was once a country estate, taken over by Birkenhead Corporation in 1926 and the land now has a major hospital, a golf course, and Arrowe County Park. It’s been a stormy week, with many small branches blown off … Continue reading

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Newsham Park, 18th August 2024

Newsham Park is the oldest of a group of three of Liverpool’s major public parks, intended by the early Victorian city fathers as a ribbon of open space, then on the outskirts of the city, to enhance the health of … Continue reading

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West Kirby, 11th August 2024

It was a bright and sunny day, and got quite hot in the afternoon. The seaside crowds were out, walking around the Marine Lake path, hiring paddle boards and queueing at ice cream stalls. We avoided them by walking along … Continue reading

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