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Norman Lodges, Park Road North, Birkenhead
A pair at the north-west side of Birkenhead Park. Greek in style, not Norman. By John Robertson and Lewis Hornblower, c1845. Grade II listed.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 22 Aug 2014
0.04 miles
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Castellated Lodge, Park Road West, Birkenhead
A single lodge at the west end of Birkenhead Park. By John Robertson and Lewis Hornblower, c1845. Grade II listed.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 22 Aug 2014
0.13 miles
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Castellated gatehouse at Birkenhead Park
Castellated gatehouse at Birkenhead Park. Opened in 1847, the park is the world's first public park. It was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton who also designed the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition and influenced the design of many parks around the world including Central Park, New York.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 13 Nov 2005
0.16 miles
4
Claughton Village
The main row of shops along the main road of Claughton Village.
Image: © David Quinn
Taken: 21 Jun 2006
0.18 miles
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Mona Street, Birkenhead
Image: © Alex McGregor
Taken: 20 Oct 2011
0.21 miles
6
Birkenhead Park (Upper Park Lake)
A fallen tree in Birkenhead Park. Looks like a prehistoric creature.
Image: © Mihacel
Taken: 24 Apr 2018
0.21 miles
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Beast from the East
View from the southern top floor dormer window of Ashville House, of the "Beast from the East" in 2018. Left to right: Birkenhead Park Visitor Centre, Heyberry House care home, Ashville Road (prior to the parked cars of the commuters). Ashville House began life as St Anne's parsonage, and is a Grade II listed building.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Birkenhead
Image: © Mihacel
Taken: 27 Feb 2018
0.21 miles
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Birkenhead Transport bus at Laird Street depot, 1965
Still (2020) in use as a bus depot by Arriva, although the sheds seen in this view have been demolished and it is now an open parking area.
The bus is the archetypal bus of the Birkenhead fleet of the late 50s and early 60s, being a Leyland PD2 with bodywork by Massey Bros of Wigan. Birkenhead Transport was Massey's largest customer over the year. No.68 was one of the batch delivered in 1962.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 12 Dec 1965
0.22 miles
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Birkenhead: Carrington Street
Carrington Street is one of the areas in the Wirral that is currently being appraised as part of the Government's Housing Market Renewal Initiative.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 17 Jun 2007
0.25 miles