Barnston, Merseyside
Barnston is a village and former civil parish in the Wirral district, in the county of Merseyside, England, situated on the Wirral Peninsula to the north east of Heswall.

Barnston is a village and former civil parish in the Wirral district, in the county of Merseyside, England, situated on the Wirral Peninsula to the north east of Heswall. The village is in the Pensby & Thingwall Ward and the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At the 2001 Census, Barnston had a population of 3,620 At the 2011 Census, the population was 947.
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Worth seeing in and around Barnston, Merseyside
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01All Saints Church, Thornton Hough
All Saints Church is in Raby Road, Thornton Hough, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Deanery of Wirral, South, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
3.4 km · church in Thornton Hough, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Stephen's Church, Prenton
St Stephen's Church is in Prenton Lane, Prenton, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Birkenhead, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
3.6 km · grade II listed church in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Thornton Manor
Thornton Manor is a large country house in the village of Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building.
2.4 km · country house in Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Christ Church, Higher Bebington
Christ Church is in King's Road, Higher Bebington, 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.
3.7 km · grade II listed church in Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Holy Cross Church, Woodchurch
Holy Cross Church is in Woodchurch, an area of Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Birkenhead.
3.4 km · church in Woodchurch, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St. Bartholomew's Church, Thurstaston
St Bartholomew's Church is in the village of Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the deanery of Wirral North.
3.8 km · church in Wirral, UK · Wikipedia - 07St George's Church, Thornton Hough
St George's Church is in Manor Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, England. Formerly home to a congregation of the United Reformed Church, the church closed in July 2021 and the building is now privately owned.
3.3 km · Grade II* listed church in Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Brimstage Hall and Tower
Brimstage Hall and Tower is a Grade I listed 14th century building located in Brimstage, Wirral, England. The building is composed of a 16th-century hall; rebuilt on the site of a former 12th century hall, as well as a connecting tower built in 1398.
2.1 km · Grade I listed building in Wirral, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Christ Church, Barnston
Christ Church is in the village of Barnston, near Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church was built in 1870–71, and designed by G. E. Street.
500 m · grade II listed church in Barnston, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Peter's Church, Heswall
St Peter's Church is in the town of Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3 km · Grade II* listed church in Wirral, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barnston, Merseyside
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 15 km · Manchester (MAN), 53 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 110 km
- Stations
- Heswall railway station, 1.6 km · Storeton railway station, 800 m · Heswall bus station, 2.3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Barnston, Merseyside58 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £8–10
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Barnston, Merseyside113 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £13–17
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Barnston, Merseyside136 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £17–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Barnston, Merseyside
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barnston, Merseyside. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextChester Belfast, via the ro-ro Stena Lines MS Norbay ferry terminal in Twelve Quays, Birkenhead.
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Next door to Barnston, Merseyside
Barnston, Merseyside is 7 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Heswalltown in Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England2.3 km
- Prentonarea of Birkenhead, Wirral, UK4 km
- Gaytonvillage in Merseyside, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Brimstagevillage in England1.7 km
- Woodchurchsuburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England3.5 km
- Thingwallvillage in Wirral, Merseyside, England1.5 km