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Port Sunlight
Model village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England

Port Sunlight

Port Sunlight is a model village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.

Plan a trip to Port Sunlight→From Manchester, Greater Manchester

It is located between Lower Bebington and New Ferry, on the Wirral Peninsula. Port Sunlight was built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory ; work commenced in 1888. The name is derived from Lever Brothers' most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight.

Get in

Getting to Port Sunlight

Two stations on the Merseyrail Wirral line between Liverpool and Chester/Ellesmere Port serve Port Sunlight. The journey time from Liverpool City Centre is approximately 15 minutes.

  1. 01
    Bebington

    The first station from Liverpool and Birkenhead, and the closest to the museum and art gallery.

  2. 02
    Port Sunlight

    The first station from Chester and Ellesmere Port, and the closest to the Soapworks and Gladstone Theatre.

See

Worth seeing

There are over 900 Grade II listed buildings.

  1. 01
    Lady Lever Art Gallery

    The art gallery shows Lady Lever's collection and modern-day artwork.

  2. 02
    Sunlight Soap Museum

    Displays of vintage soap packaging, and Ringo Starr’s first performance with the Beatles in the village in 1962.

  3. 03
    Hulme Hall

    Grade II listed community centre hosting occassional public events.

  4. 04
    Dell Bridge

    Grade II listed stone footbridge built in 1894.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Gladstone Theatre

    Go swimming at the Oval Sports Centre The Lodge Old Chester Road Bebington CH63 7LH.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Lady Lever Dining Rooms
  2. 02
    Tudor Rose Tea Rooms

    88A Greendale Rd,.

  3. 03
    Gorge 'Us

    7 Church Road, Bebington, CH63 7PG,.

How locals move

Getting around Port Sunlight the local way

  • Get inBuses 38 (Bromborough–West Kirby), 410 (Clatterbridge–New Brighton), 418 (Beechwood–New Ferry) and 464 (Liverpool–New Ferry) stop near Bebington station on the Bebington Road or Old Chester Road.

From Wikivoyage: Port Sunlight, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dietmar Rabich (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.