Birkdale, Merseyside

The village of Birkdale is one of the country’s hidden gems. A pretty seaside village on the coast of the Irish Sea in Merseyside, Birkdale is a place that saw its boom in the Victorian era and that shines through today in the architecture of the shops that populate its centre. Its beach was a popular destination for Victorian Britain too, and was also the venue for early land-speed record attempts, as well a landing strip for early aeroplanes offering sight-seeing flights in the early 1900s. History, shopping and nature…

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