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Notice of Annual General Meeting

The 137th annual general meeting of the Wirral Footpaths and Open Spaces Preservation Society (the Society) shall take place on:

Wednesday 20th May 2026 at Neston Community Youth Centre, Burton Road, CH64 9RE

Business will commence at 7:30pm.

Light refreshments will be available between 7:00pm and 7:30pm.

AGENDA

Apologies for absence
Minutes of 2025 Annual General Meeting
Matters arising from the 2025 minutes
Annual Report and Accounts
Election of Officers
Election of Committee Members
Appointment of Honorary Auditor
Any other business (to be notified at least 7 days before the AGM)

Relevant documentation is available on the Society’s website; by written request to the Secretary at wirralfootpathsosps@gmail.com, or may be collected in hard copy at the annual general meeting venue.

Following the conclusion of business, at 8:00pm, Rod Tann will deliver a public talk on the following subject:

Celebrating the centenary of The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)

Previous News

The latest AGM was held on Tuesday 29th April 2025 at Upton Cricket Club, Old Greasby Road, Upton, CH49 6LT
Doors open 7:00 for 7:30pm.
The meeting will be followed by a talk given by historian Gavin Hunter.

Posted 15th March 2024

The 135th annual general meeting of the Society will take place at 7:30 pm on Thursday 11th April 2024
Venue: St. Peter's Centre, Village Road, Heswall, CH60 0DZ

After the AGM our speaker is Alison McGovern who is currently the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wirral South constituency, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

The subject of Alison’s talk is:

Lobbying on Environmental Issues for Smaller Organisations like ours.

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Posted 9th March 2023

The Annual General Meeting of Wirral Footpaths and Open Space Preservation Society will take place on the evening of Tuesday 18th April 2023. The venue is Upton Cricket Club, Old Greasby Road, CH49 6LT.

7:00 pm Light refreshments

7:30 pm AGM to include a recommendation to change our constitution to a COI

8:00 pm Dr. David Parker’s talk - click here for details

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Posted 17th November 2017

Another walk added to the list of Max's Walks

Max Kirby's walk Around West Kirby has been updated and added to the list.

The details can be found by selecting Max's Walks in the menu on the left.

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Posted 14th May 2016

Max Kirby's Walks

On the 4th of May 2016 the Society led a walk from Lees Lane to the Dee Marshes and back as part of the Wirral Walking Festival.

There were 19 of us on the walk including our treasurer who volunteered to 'whip in'. It was a lovely sunny afternoon and the walkers were very good at keeping together. We stopped for half an hour for a tea break near the marshes, basking in the sun. Following this we walked through Ness, past Swan Cottage, which is reputed to be the birth place of Lady Hamilton. Then we returned to Cuckoo Lane to admire the view of the Welsh Hills from Max's bench.

Finally we returned to Lees Lane Car Park.

The walk description and map is one of a number of walks that Max Kirby, our former President, devised and the Society is hoping to put more of Max's walks on the website.

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Posted 15th January 2016

Opening of the Max Kirby Way

The Max Kirby Way was opened on 17th October 2015. It links the overspill car park at

Thurstaston Visitor Centre to the Wirral Way, providing safe wheelchair access and

avoiding the crossing of Station Road. Details here

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Notice of Annual General Meeting

AGENDA

Previous News

Posted 15th March 2024

Posted 9th March 2023

The Annual General Meeting of Wirral Footpaths and Open Space Preservation Society will take place on the evening of Tuesday 18th April 2023. The venue is Upton Cricket Club, Old Greasby Road, CH49 6LT.

Posted 17th November 2017

Another walk added to the list of Max's Walks

Max Kirby's walk Around West Kirby has been updated and added to the list.

The details can be found by selecting Max's Walks in the menu on the left.

Posted 14th May 2016

Max Kirby's Walks

On the 4th of May 2016 the Society led a walk from Lees Lane to the Dee Marshes and back as part of the Wirral Walking Festival.

Finally we returned to Lees Lane Car Park.

The walk description and map is one of a number of walks that Max Kirby, our former President, devised and the Society is hoping to put more of Max's walks on the website.

Posted 15th January 2016

Opening of the Max Kirby Way

The Max Kirby Way was opened on 17th October 2015. It links the overspill car park at

Thurstaston Visitor Centre to the Wirral Way, providing safe wheelchair access and

avoiding the crossing of Station Road. Details here

Posted 27th July 2015

Willaston Walks News

It is now possible to follow public footpaths around the parish of Willaston without climbing stiles

following the replacement of stiles by kissing gates. Wirral Footpaths & Open Spaces Preservation Society

donated three of these kissing gates.

Follow this link for details of the gates and the installation of way-markers.

Previous news

(posted 19th March 2015)

(posted 10th March 2015)

(posted 1st March 2015)

(posted 17th December 2014)

(posted 16th September 2014)

(posted July 2014)

(posted 23rd April 2014)

(posted 29th March 2014)

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