Leasowe Lighthouse, Hoylake

Name: Leasowe Lighthouse
Address: Moreton Common, Wirral, CH46 4TA, Hoylake, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 151 353 0861

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Leasowe Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse in Leasowe on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England. The lighthouse was built in 1763 by The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to guide shipping safely to the Port of Liverpool and is the oldest lighthouse built from bricks in the United Kingdom. The lighthouse became obsolete and was closed in 1908. The last lighthouse keeper was a Mrs. Williams, the only known female lighthouse keeper of the period. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 53°24'47"N, 3°7'33"W

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Moreton Common, Wirral, CH46 4TAHoylake United Kingdom

Contact

+44 151 353 0861

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Leasowe Lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Hilary's Church, St Nicholas Church, Bidston Windmill, Championship Adventure Golf.

2.8 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St Hilary's Church, Liverpool
71 min walk • St Hilary's Church is in the town of Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It consists of a church built in 1858–59 and the separate tower of a former medieval church. Both the church and the tower are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings.
2.5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Nicholas Church, Liverpool
64 min walk • St Nicholas Church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester on Newport Avenue, in Wallasey, in Wirral, England. It was designed by J. F. Doyle and built in 1910–11. The church is located near Wallasey Golf Club and is known as the Harrison Memorial Church or the Golfers' Church.
2.4 miSE
Windmill
Bidston Windmill, Liverpool
62 min walk • Bidston Windmill is situated on Bidston Hill, near Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England.
3.5 miNE
53°26'23"N • 3°3'12"W
Championship Adventure Golf, Liverpool
90 min walk • Golf, Game and entertainment center, Mini golf
1.2 miE
Area
Leasowe, Liverpool
30 min walk • Leasowe is an area on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England, near Moreton and between Wallasey and Meols. Historically within Cheshire, Leasowe was part of the old County Borough of Wallasey.
2.7 miE
Tomb
Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, Greasby
68 min walk • Flaybrick Memorial Gardens is a memorial garden, formerly a municipal cemetery called Flaybrick Hill Cemetery, situated in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England.
2 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St Oswald's Church, Liverpool
52 min walk • St Oswald's Church is in Bidston, an area of Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Birkenhead.
0.5 miNE
Park
North Wirral Coastal Park, Greasby
14 min walk • The North Wirral Coastal Park, on the Wirral Peninsula, England is a coastal park including public open space, common land, natural foreshore and sand-dunes.
2.7 miS
Gothic architecture, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St John the Divine, Greasby
69 min walk • The Church of St John the Divine, is in Frankby Road, Frankby, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wirral, North, the archdeaconry of Chester and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Nicholas, Greasby.
2.2 miSE
Village, Area
Upton, Greasby
57 min walk • Upton is a village in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, England, and is situated within 4 miles of Birkenhead, 4 miles of the Dee Estuary, a similar distance from the River Mersey, and 2 miles from Liverpool Bay.
2.1 miSE
Village, Area
Bidston, Liverpool
55 min walk • Bidston is a village, a parish and a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, in the modern county of Merseyside. The area is a mixture of the well-preserved Bidston Village, Bidston Hill, a modern housing estate, and the Bidston Moss nature reserve, industrial estate and retail park.