Prenton
Prenton is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England.
Prenton is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Administratively, it is also a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the county of Cheshire. Situated in the east of the Wirral Peninsula, the area is contiguous with Oxton to the north, Tranmere and Rock Ferry to the east and Higher Bebington to the south east. The M53 motorway marks the western boundary.
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Worth seeing in and around Prenton
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.
- 01Lady Lever Art Gallery
The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and opened in 1922. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is set in the garden village of Port Sunlight, on the Wirral and one of the National Museums Liverpool.
3.2 km · Art museum in Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Prenton Park
Prenton Park is a football stadium in the area of Prenton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It is the home ground of Tranmere Rovers Football Club since opening in 1912, and formerly the home ground of Liverpool Reserves and Liverpool Women.
400 m · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Birkenhead Park
Birkenhead Park is a major public park located in the centre of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847.
2.3 km · public park in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St 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.
400 m · grade II listed church in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Bidston Hill
Bidston Hill is 100 acres of heathland and woodland containing historic buildings and ancient rock carvings, on the Wirral Peninsula, near the Birkenhead suburb of Bidston, in Merseyside, England. With a peak of 231 feet, Bidston Hill is one of the highest points on the Wirral.
3.7 km · hill in Wirral, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Holy 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 - 07Dell Bridge, Port Sunlight
Dell Bridge is a footbridge in Port Sunlight, Wirral, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.7 km · Grade II listed bridge in Wirral · Wikipedia - 08St Andrew's Church, Bebington
St Andrew's Church is in the town of Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
3.6 km · church in Wirral, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Werburgh's Church, Birkenhead
St Werburgh's Church is in Grange Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is an active Roman Catholic church in the diocese of Shrewsbury.
2.2 km · church in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Wirral Metropolitan College
Wirral Met College is a Further and Higher Education College situated on the Wirral Peninsula, in the north-west of England.
2.6 km · college in Wirral, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Prenton
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 13 km · Manchester (MAN), 50 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 106 km
- Stations
- Port Sunlight railway station, 3.7 km · Bebington railway station, 2.8 km · Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station, 3 km · Birkenhead Central railway station, 2.3 km · Birkenhead North railway station, 3.8 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Prenton56 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Prenton110 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £11–15
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Prenton135 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £17–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Prenton
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 Prenton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 53.39533 | long Birkenhead Hamilton Square (for Woodside) or Liverpool James Street (for Pier Head) | phone | fax | price | image | content= The famous Ferry 'cross the Mersey deposits you at Birkenhead Woodside, in the riverside area of the town.
- Get inConway Park or Birkenhead Hamilton Square | phone | fax | price Twelve Quays | image Q7857643 | content= The terminal is served by Stena Line ro-ro ferries from Belfast in Northern Ireland.
- Go next4-6 trains per hour The Wirral coast between New Brighton and West Kirby has some excellent walking and off-road cycling opportunities, including the Wirral Way.
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Next door to Prenton
Prenton is 3 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Birkenheadtown in Merseyside, England1.9 km
- Wirralmetropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England3.3 km
- Bebingtontown and unparished area within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England3.4 km
- Port Sunlightmodel village and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England3.5 km
- Barnstonvillage in Merseyside, UK4 km
- Tranmeresuburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, UK1.4 km