Wallasey
Wallasey is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.
Wallasey is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the mouth of the River Mersey, on the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Merseyside in 1974. At the 2021 Census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 85,610.
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Worth seeing in and around Wallasey
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.
- 01Goodison Park
Goodison Park is a football stadium in Walton, Liverpool, England, two miles north of the city centre. It was built to serve as the home ground of Everton and opened in 1892.
6 km · football stadium in Walton, Liverpool, England · Wikipedia - 02Hill Dickinson Stadium
Hill Dickinson Stadium, known as Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium or Everton Stadium during construction and renamed for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in Vauxhall, Liverpool, England. It is the home ground of Premier League club Everton, replacing Goodison Park.
3.3 km · football stadium in Liverpool, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03The Cavern Club
The Cavern Club is a music venue on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened on 16 January 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
4.8 km · nightclub in Liverpool, England · Wikipedia - 04Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King and locally nicknamed "Paddy's Wigwam" or "The Mersey Funnel", is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The Grade I Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings.
6 km · Catholic cathedral. seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool in England · Wikipedia - 05Echo Arena Liverpool
Liverpool Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The venue hosts live music, comedy performances and sporting events, and forms part of Liverpool event campus ACC Liverpool – an interconnected arena, exhibition and convention centre.
5 km · arena in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Walker Art Gallery
The Walker Art Gallery is a Grade II* listed art gallery in Liverpool which houses one of the largest art collections in England outside London. It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group.
5.1 km · art museum in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University is a public research university in the city of Liverpool, United Kingdom. The university can trace its origins to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts, established in 1823.
6 km · university in Liverpool, England · Wikipedia - 08Prenton 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.
5.7 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 09Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool is an art gallery in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and part of Tate, along with Tate St Ives, Cornwall, Tate Britain, London, and Tate Modern, London. The gallery was an initiative of the Merseyside Development Corporation.
4.7 km · Modern art gallery and museum in Liverpool, Merseyside, England · Wikipedia - 10Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Liverpool is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church that covers the Isle of Man and part of North West England. The episcopal see is Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
6 km · archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church · 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.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Seacombe Ferry
Victoria Place, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH44 6QY,.
- 02Fort Perch Rock
Marine Promenade, New Brighton (4 minutes walk from New Brighton Station).
- 03Liscard Battery Gateway
Built in 1858 a part of a military fortification to defend the Mersey.
- 04Vale Park
Situated alongside the promenade, the park has a popular cafe and provides a good view across the River Mersey.
From Wikivoyage: Wallasey, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Floral Pavilion Theatre
Virginia Rd, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 2LH.
- 02The Light
Marine Point, New Brighton, CH45 2HZ (2 minutes from New Brighton station).
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Where to eat
Stollies, 106 Wallasey Village, Wallasey CH45 3LN (Five minutes walk from Wallasey Grove Road station.),. Much nicer food than the derby pool and portofino. Why someone is suggesting those places I will never know.
- 01The Seaside Cafe
62 Marine Promenade, New Brighton.
- 02Portofino
2 Union Terrace, Marine Promenade, New Brighton.
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Getting to Wallasey
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 17 km · Manchester (MAN), 52 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 104 km
- Stations
- Liverpool Lime Street railway station, 5.4 km · Port of Liverpool, 4.3 km · Liverpool Central railway station, 5.3 km · Birkenhead North railway station, 2.2 km · Bidston railway station, 2.4 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wallasey55 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wallasey108 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £11–15
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wallasey138 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Wallasey
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 Wallasey. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIntercity services arrive at Belfast ferries arrive at the The Isle of Man ferry arrives at Liverpool's Pier Head.
- Get aroundPassengers can take a bike on Merseyrail trains or the Mersey ferry at no extra charge.
- Get aroundCyclists will have to use the train or ferry to cross the river, during these times.
From Wikivoyage: Merseyside, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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If you know how people move in Wallasey – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Wallasey
Wallasey is 4 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Liverpoolcity in Merseyside, England, United Kingdom4.5 km
- Birkenheadtown in Merseyside, England5.1 km
- Bootletown within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England4.9 km
- Wirralmetropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England4 km
- Seftonmetropolitan borough in Merseyside, England4.3 km
- Evertondistrict in Liverpool, in Merseyside, England5.8 km