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Eastham
is the southernmost area of
the Merseyside part of Wirral, lying within a Green Belt area
bordering Merseyside and Cheshire, adjacent to the River Mersey.
It is also close to the city of Chester and shares a proximity
to the village of Port Sunlight, a historic centre for the
British soap industry. The town comprises the original village
of
Eastham
and modern pleasant private housing areas. These include
Brookhurst (which borders Willaston and Raby Mere) and Chapel
View, a development of new housing near
Eastham
Ferry.
Eastham is so-called because it was originally a
hamlet East of the larger settlement of Bromborough.
The original village (inhabited since Saxon times) is
clustered around St. Mary's church, whose churchyard contains an
ancient yew. Much of the surrounding land was once owned by the
powerful Stanley family. In the Victorian era a ferry brought
visitors from Liverpool to the pleasure gardens, remnants of
which can be seen in Eastham
Country Park. Eastham
Lock forms the western end of the Manchester Ship Canal. In the
1930s, significant housing development joined
Eastham to
neighbouring Bromborough leaving the Mersey side of the Wirral
continuously built up to New Brighton. |
Virtual
Tours
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360º
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look around
Eastham
on the Wirral
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Eastham Ferry

Eastham
Village
Useful links for Eastham
Eastham Library
Eastham In The Doomsday Book
Eastham Old Photographs
Eastham Golf Info
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