Central Wirral covers the villages of Barnston, Storeton, Brimstage, Thornton Hough, Raby and Willaston, split between Merseyside and Cheshire, England.

Understand

A group of dispersed villages in rural central Wirral.

Get in

By road

M53, junction 4 (Clatterbridge)

By rail

• 1 Heswall railway station.  

By bike

• National Cycle Route 56 passes through the area, allowing access to Chester, New Brighton and Liverpool

See

• 1 Hadlow Road railway station, Hadlow Road, Willaston (on the Wirral Way). A preserved railway station on the former Hooton to West Kirby line  

Do

• 1 Brimstage Hall and Courtyard (Voirrey Embroidery, Maize Maze), Brimstage Road, Brimstage. CH63 6JA, ☏ +44 151 336-4828, info@leverhulmeestates.co.uk. M-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su noon-5PM. A collection of boutique shops, a restaurant and coffee shop. 
• 2 Wirral Rugby and Cricket Club, Thornton Common Road, Thornton Hough, Merseyside, CH63 4JU, ☏ +44 151 334-1309. Visit Thornton Hough, a Victorian village with cricket green. 

Eat

• 1 Country Mouse, Brimstage Hall, Brimstage, CH63 6JA, ☏ +44 151 342-5382. 

Drink

• 1 The Fox and Hounds, Barnston Village, ☏ +44 151 648-7685. A distinctly homely atmosphere exists in the two bars and snug. 
• 2 The Wheatsheaf Inn, The Green, Raby. CH63 4JH, ☏ +44 151 336-3416. 

Sleep

• 1 Thornton Manor, Manor Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 1JB, ☏ +44 151 353-1155. The premier hotel on the Wirral peninsula. Formerly the residence of William Lever, Lord Leverhulme. 
• 2 Thornton Hall Hotel, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, CH63 1JF, ☏ +44 151 336-3938. 

Go next

• Central South Wirral
• Neston
• Heswall
• Port Sunlight
• Ellesmere Port

Routes through Central Wirral

Chester ← Ellesmere Port ←

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→ Woodchurch, Upton, Moreton and Greasby → Liverpool via Kingsway Tunnel (toll)