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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, Merseyside
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    All 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
  2. 02
    St 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
  3. 03
    Thornton 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
  4. 04
    Christ 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
  5. 05
    Holy 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
  6. 06
    St. 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
  7. 07
    St 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
  8. 08
    Brimstage 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
  9. 09
    Christ 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
  10. 10
    St 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

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, Merseyside
    58 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £8–10
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Barnston, Merseyside
    113 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £13–17
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Barnston, Merseyside
    136 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £17–22
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextChester Belfast, via the ro-ro Stena Lines MS Norbay ferry terminal in Twelve Quays, Birkenhead.

From Wikivoyage: Wirral, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2023-01.

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If you know how people move in Barnston, Merseyside – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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