North Wirral Coastal Park
Notification 1979 / 1983 | | |
| Natural England website | ||
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | The Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore |
| Designated | 7 May 2013 |
| Reference no. | 2202[1] |
The North Wirral Coastal Park, on the Wirral Peninsula, England is a coastal park including public open space, common land, natural foreshore and sand-dunes. The park lies between Dove Point in Meols, and the Kings Parade in New Brighton, and was created in 1986.
The park is managed by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ranger service from their offices in the Leasowe Lighthouse, and occupies some 400 acres (988 hectares) of land in a four-mile stretch along the coastline making it Wirral's largest park.
Although the park in its current form is relatively new, the history of the site goes back at least 5000 years to when the area, including the foreshore, was heavily forested. The remains of this coastal forestland are known as the 'submerged forest' and can be seen at Dove Point, Meols, between the slipway and the groyne.[2]
Leisure pursuits
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References
- "North Wirral Foreshore citation sheet" (PDF). English Nature.
- ^ "The Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Wirral Borough Council. "North Wirral Coastal Park" Archived 14 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine, Wirral Borough Council Website, n.d., Accessed June 13, 2007
External links
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council: North Wirral Coastal Park
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council: Leasowe Lighthouse
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