Wirral & Halton

WIRRAL

International sand yachting at Hoylake

International kite-flying at New Brighton

EVENTS
June - Folk music festival.
International kite-flying festival
Thornton Hough scarecrow festival
July - Wirral Show. Historic vehicle rally
August - Food and Drink Festival
November- Guitar festival.
More information: www.visitwirral.com

The Wirral peninsula has more than its share of sporting pursuits. Golf is a major event even when the Royal Liverpool club is not playing host to the British Open . Sportsmen make the most of the onshore winds with sand-yachting and kite-flying to international standard.
It is more than a sporting paradise. Wirral has a reputation for ship-building, and Port Sunlight is a village built by soap magnate and art collector William Lever to improve his workers’ life-style. It houses his outstanding collection of art and statuary at the Lady Lever Gallery.
Apart from picturesque villages Wirral contains the Ness botanical gardens, Williamson art gallery, Blue Planet aquarium, Spaceport (a trip into space), the Boat Museum, and Cheshire Oaks shopping outlet.

HALTON

Lewis Carrol spent his early years at Daresbury where his father was curate, and St. Michael’s. Church is a place of pilgrimage for Alice in Wonderland enthusiasts.
It doesn’t disappoint with a window dedicated to the author. The panel on the left is one section showing Alice with Charles Lutwidge Dodson, Carrol’s real name, and two Wonderland characters.
Halton also offers Norton Priory (right), an award-winning site that is the remains of an Augustinian settlement which has a twice life-size statue of St. Christopher, a museum, a walled garden, and woodland walks.
Other award-winning attractions are the Catalyst interactive science discovery
museum and the Brindley arts centre.

EVENTS
March - Five mile road race
July - Capital of Culture Youth event
August: Creamfields club dance festival
September: Vintage
fair organ and steam rally
November - Fireworks display.
More information: www.visithalton.com