Outdoors & Environment

Wirral is an area of outstanding natural beauty with dramatic and panoramic views - looking across the River Dee to Snowdonia or gazing over the River Mersey to the world famous Liverpool skyline.  With 25 miles of coastline mixed with country, heath and woodland, people living in Wirral also have some of the country’s finest recreational and leisure amenities.

The 12-mile Wirral Way takes walkers, cyclists and horseriders through England's first ever Country Park, offering spectacular views of the Welsh Hills.

North Wirral Coastal Park protects and preserves the flora and fauna inhabiting a four-mile stretch of sand dunes and dune meadows. Built in 1763, the historic Leasowe Lightouse was the first brick-built lighthouse in the country.

Eastham Country Park, located on the clifftops on Wirral’s east coast, affords numerous spectacular views of the many species of birds flocking to the Mersey estuary, while on the peninsula’s northern tip are the gardens of Vale Park in New Brighton, where visitors can also enjoy the seaside atmosphere of Egremont.

Opened in 1973, Wirral Country Park was the nation’s first country park, covering a 12-mile area of bridleways and footpaths on the route of a disused railway line.

Moving inland, visitors can check out Arrowe Country Park, 400 acres of open parkland and deciduous woodland, while Ness Botanic Gardens comprises 62 acres of impeccably curated landscape.