Heswall is in the Wirral area of Merseyside.

Get in

Borderlands

• M53 motorway, junction 4
• A540
• 1 Heswall railway station, off Brimstage Road, Heswall, Merseyside. CH60 1XQ. Monday-Sunday: 24 hours.  

See

• 1 Brimstage Hall Courtyard (Voirrey Embroidery, Maize Maze), Brimstage Wirral CH63 6JA, ☏ +44 7773 539 522. Craft centre, playground and farmyard animals 

Do

• 1 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. 

Buy

• Linghams. (updated Aug 2019)
• Gerrards. (updated Aug 2019)
• Wet Nelly. (updated Aug 2019)

Eat

• Da Piero, 5 Mill Hill Road, Irby, CH61 4UB, ☏ +44 151 648-7373. 
• Willow Tea House & Bistro, 23 Milner Road, ☏ +44 151 342-9912. 10:00 to 16:30. 
• 1 Sheldrakes, Banks Road, Lower Heswall, CH60 9JS, ☏ +44 151 342-1556. 
• 2 Country Mouse, Brimstage Hall, Brimstage, CH63 6JA, ☏ +44 151 342-5382. 

Drink

• The Pensby Hotel, 1A Ridgewood Drive, Pensby, CH61 8RA, ☏ +44 151 648-1439. 
• 1 The Exchange Bar, 5 The Mount, Heswall, ☏ +44 151 342 2684. 
• 2 The Basset Hound, Barnston Road, Thingwall, CH61 1AS, ☏ +44 151 648-2223. 
• The Anchor Inn, 1 Thurstaston Rd, Irby, CH61 0HA, ☏ +44 151 648-1698. 
• 3 The Glegg Arms (Windmill), Chester Road, Gayton, CH60 3SD, ☏ +44 151 334-2917. 
• 4 The Devon Doorway, 2 Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral CH60 2SA, ☏ +44 151 348-4462. 
• 5 The Fox and Hounds, Barnston Village, ☏ +44 151 648-7685. A distinctly homely atmosphere exists in the two bars and snug. 

Sleep

• 1 Premier Inn Wirral Heswall, Chester Road, Gayton, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 3SD (15 minutes walk from Heswall station), ☏ +44 8701 977 274. £53+. 
• 2 Thornton Hall Hotel, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral. CH63 1JF, ☏ +44 151 336-3938. 

Go next

• Neston and Parkgate, like Heswall, each provide a quiet, attractive view along the River Dee. Ten minutes by car.
• New Brighton has an expansive beach with the 19th century Fort Perch Rock and lighthouse, and views across to Liverpool. There are also some seaside amusements and the Marine Point leisure development, alongside the marine lake. Twenty minutes by car.
• West Kirby and Hoylake each have excellent stretches of beach, with views across to North Wales. There is also a 52 acre marine lake at West Kirby, which has sailing and windsurfing. Fifteen minutes by car.