A café offering vocational training and work experience to people with learning disabilities has relocated to West Kirby Concourse. Formerly based in The Grange, Wallasey, Best Bites café is serving food and drinks to leisure centre customers. Best Bites is run by Wirral Council's adult social care team,
Hoylake and West Kirby RNLI are inviting the public to step aboard their lifeboats, meet the volunteer crews and see the lifesaving charity’s search and rescue equipment at their annual meet and greet day. The fundraising community event takes place on Saturday 26 July from 10am until 4pm at
The Royal Liverpool Golf Club is to host the best amateur golfers from around the world next year. The R&A has announced the Hoylake course will be the venue for the 131st running of its amateur championship event from 15 - 20 June 2026. The Royal Liverpool has
The British Mountaineering Council has announced that its young volunteer of the year award will be named in memory of the late West Kirby Grammar School pupil Jessica Baker. Jessica, a talented young climber and dedicated volunteer, passed away in 2023 in a road traffic collision on the M53 whilst
Hilbre Island nature reserve and Wirral Country Park have been named as 'Green Heritage Sites' as part of the Green Flag awards. The accolade recognises the management and promotion of historic features in the locations, and it is the first time Hilbre Island has been included. The Green
Wirral Council is offering people the chance to request commemorative plaques on West Kirby flood wall. However the stainless steel tributes come at a price - between £400 and £900 depending on the size and how long you lease the space on the wall. The council said: "Whether people
A series of free art and nature workshops for children are taking place in local libraries, parks and nature reserves this summer. 'Stories of Nature' takes young people on a wild journey covering Wirral's extensive coastline, award-winning parks, leafy woodlands or urban expanses. The themes of
Plans have been submitted for the creation of a leisure centre on part of the former Kingsmead School in Hoylake. It would see the existing swimming pool and three classrooms on Carlton Lane refurbished and converted into a salt water pool with a wellness suite and gym, changing rooms, cafe
A group of pupils from Calday Grange Grammar School have cleaned up whilst taking part in the Wirral Coastal Walk.
Housing provider Magenta Living has scrapped plans to build 14 homes on Banks Road in West Kirby. The development, on the site of the former Ashton Court sheltered housing complex, was meant to feature 13 three-storey townhouses and a two-storey detached house. After years of planning wrangles, permission was finally
Wirral Council says the average speed of vehicles has reduced since the introduction of new 20mph limits in West Kirby, and there has been an overall reduction in the number of collisions resulting in people being killed or injured. Our area was among 15 parts of the borough to be
A children's nursery in West Kirby which has been going for more than 30 years is to close down later this month. St Agnes pre-school on Darmonds Green will close its doors on 18 July. In a post on their Facebook page, they said: "As you can
West Kirby Concourse swimming pool reopens on Saturday 28 June. It closed in March after part of a tile fell from the ceiling. The pool had to be drained and scaffolding erected for it to be inspected. The council says it has also taken the opportunity to carry out refurbishment
A touring theatre company renowned for its quirky and accessible approach is to perform its latest production at Gilroy Road Community Allotments in West Kirby. Operation Beach Hut is packed with toe-tapping tunes and nostalgic charm and will be performed on Friday 4 July from 7 - 9pm. The company
West Kirby artist Ben Stephenson has been unveiled as the winner of the Liverpool Sculpture Prize. His work, Laminae, is a cylindrical sculpture formed from layers of rammed earth. His interest in rammed earth began during a residency project in Mexico, where he was introduced to its cultural and architectural
