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The Dungeon (SSSI)

Thurstaston · 9.9 miles

The Dungeon is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) situated 1 mile north-west of Heswall, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The site was notified in 1988 due to its geological features which show the Tarporley Siltstone Formation of the Mercia Mudstone Group.

War Memorial

Port Sunlight · 9.9 miles

Set within the model village of Port Sunlight on the Wirral, the war memorial occupies the most prominent position at the junction of The Causeway and The Diamond, the two broadest avenues in the settlement. Conceived by the village’s founder, William Lever, the monument was intended to commemorate the employees of Lever Brothers who fell in the First World War. Lever commissioned the sculptor Goscombe John as early as 1916; the finished work was unveiled on 3 December 1921 by Sergeant E. G. Eames, blinded at the Somme, and Private R. E. Cruickshank, a Victoria Cross recipient, both former Lever workers. The stone is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building and bears the names of staff who died in both World Wars. Constructed from granite, the monument centres on a runic cross set upon an octagonal plinth that supports eleven bronze figures, including three soldiers, a wounded man attended by a nurse, a seated woman with infants, a girl with her brother and a Boy Scout. The surrounding enclosure features a circular parapet broken by four stepped approaches, each flanked by distinct reliefs of children holding wreaths and additional reliefs depicting the Naval, Military, Anti-Aircraft and Red Cross services. Four seating areas and flower beds lie between the steps, while the overall height reaches approximately 11.6 metres and the diameter spans about 22.4 metres, providing a substantial focal point for reflection within the village’s public space.

Sudley House

Aigburth · 12 miles

A historic townhouse in the Aigburth district of Liverpool now serves as a museum and art gallery, presenting the original setting of the George Holt collection. Constructed in 1824 for corn merchant Nicholas Robinson, who later became Lord Mayor, the ashlar house passed to his daughters after his death in 1854 and was sold in the 1880s. Victorian shipping-line owner George Holt acquired the property in 1884, and extensive alterations moved the main entrance and added a west-side office wing. In 1944 Holt’s daughter, Emma Georgina Holt, bequeathed the house and its contents to the city; National Museums Liverpool currently administer the site. The interior displays a range of 19th-century paintings, including works by Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, Edwin Landseer, John Everett Millais and J. M. W. Turner, alongside pieces by Richard Parkes Bonington, George Romney and Pre-Raphaelites. A 2007 refurbishment introduced three new attractions on the first floor: a “childhood rooms” exhibit illustrating Victorian children’s learning and play, a costume room with rotating historic clothing displays, and a gallery for temporary exhibitions. The ground-floor library now houses a Holt family display featuring a film, portraits and a model of the steamer Verdi. The museum is listed under the name Sudley House on OpenStreetMap, classified as a museum and located nearest to Aigburth. Opening times are published on the listing, and visitors can expect access to the galleries, the specialised rooms and the library exhibition as part of the museum experience.

Celyn Wood Miniature Railway

Northop · 4.3 miles

Miniature railways is open most fine Sundays April-October

Sick To Death

Chester · 6.2 miles

Museum depicting the story of medicine through the ages, with a focus on pandemics and plagues.

Gresford Colliery Disaster Monument

Pandy · 9.3 miles

Commemorates the dead of the 22 Sept 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster, in which 266 were killed. The monument itself is the wheel from the headframe of the colliery.