The Summit
Point 5
The Summit
The Summit
Walking along the summit you reach Grandpa’s Chair from which you can sit down and look out over Liverpool or take in the sights of the Wirral. This is one of the best view points on the Wirral.
Walking along the summit you reach Grandpa’s Chair from which you can sit down and look out over Liverpool or take in the sights of the Wirral. This is one of the best view points on the Wirral.
Benches
Benches
There is Grandpa's Chair and the Bird Watching Chair, How many types of bird can you see in the wood?
There is Grandpa's Chair and the Bird Watching Chair, How many types of bird can you see in the wood?
Another of Mike's creations, Stan the bird watcher used to stand here, but despite some TLC as he was deteriorating due to the weather conditions he was move to near the Heritage Centre. You will meet him later.
Another of Mike's creations, Stan the bird watcher used to stand here, but despite some TLC as he was deteriorating due to the weather conditions he was move to near the Heritage Centre. You will meet him later.
Landmarks
Landmarks
Looking over Wirral on a clear day you can see Moel Famau in Wales, with the rise of Storeton Woods in the mid distance, with its TV mast. Nearer you can see the flat green roof of the Bebington Oval Sports Centre, and nearby the glass domes of the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight. To the left follow the line of Bolton Rd through the factory village of Port Sunlight to the spire of St Andrew’s Church in Bebington.
Looking over Wirral on a clear day you can see Moel Famau in Wales, with the rise of Storeton Woods in the mid distance, with its TV mast. Nearer you can see the flat green roof of the Bebington Oval Sports Centre, and nearby the glass domes of the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight. To the left follow the line of Bolton Rd through the factory village of Port Sunlight to the spire of St Andrew’s Church in Bebington.
The ever growing number of taller building of Liverpool are starting to mask the famous and much loved 3 Graces of the Pier Head.
The ever growing number of taller building of Liverpool are starting to mask the famous and much loved 3 Graces of the Pier Head.
The church across the Mersey is St. Matthews & St. James, Mossley Hill.
The church across the Mersey is St. Matthews & St. James, Mossley Hill.
MarkCraig Views disappearing.mp3"at the moment you can get particular views in all directions and the only thing that concerns me are that some of the views away from the river towards New Ferry and Port Sunlight may be lost in the years to come as the trees and other vegetation starts growing bigger. So at the moment you get views all around of everything, so I am bit concerned about how it might be in say another 15 years’ time, when some of that vegetation starts to mature, is that certain views may no longer be possible – if you stick to the paths that is."
"at the moment you can get particular views in all directions and the only thing that concerns me are that some of the views away from the river towards New Ferry and Port Sunlight may be lost in the years to come as the trees and other vegetation starts growing bigger. So at the moment you get views all around of everything, so I am bit concerned about how it might be in say another 15 years’ time, when some of that vegetation starts to mature, is that certain views may no longer be possible – if you stick to the paths that is."
Mark C
Mark C
The Oval sports Centre
The Oval sports Centre
Saint Andrew's Church
Saint Andrew's Church
Lever House & Lever Research building
Lever House & Lever Research building
Storeton TV mast. Lady Lever Art Gallery
Storeton TV mast. Lady Lever Art Gallery
POINT 5.mp3Residents site Visit
Residents site Visit
but when the park was planned, a site visit for residents was arranged, and some had a jeep ride up,
but when the park was planned, a site visit for residents was arranged, and some had a jeep ride up,
" we realised the scale of the park, it was going to be something quite special. But what sticks in my memory was, and I think this is when they were still tipping, this was before 2006, Biffa took those of us who came to those meetings actually up on to the top of the site as it was then as it ended up being a bit higher ultimately, than it was at that time. So we had to walk very carefully amongst bits of debris that were sticking out of the ground and so on. And we were able to go on the top and look down on the magnificent views down onto the river estuary, and that’s, I always remember that because that was really special. Seeing those views for the first time, it was just absolutely spectacular, and I knew that the day that the park opened what the public were going to like were those views. Absolutely. Mark C.
" we realised the scale of the park, it was going to be something quite special. But what sticks in my memory was, and I think this is when they were still tipping, this was before 2006, Biffa took those of us who came to those meetings actually up on to the top of the site as it was then as it ended up being a bit higher ultimately, than it was at that time. So we had to walk very carefully amongst bits of debris that were sticking out of the ground and so on. And we were able to go on the top and look down on the magnificent views down onto the river estuary, and that’s, I always remember that because that was really special. Seeing those views for the first time, it was just absolutely spectacular, and I knew that the day that the park opened what the public were going to like were those views. Absolutely. Mark C.
" this post is actually about where we stood as the jeep went up cardiac hill" Sarah S
" this post is actually about where we stood as the jeep went up cardiac hill" Sarah S
"I know it was the 70s and people thought that landfill was the only way forward, and there was less respect for recycling. I remember the first time walking up to the top, and it was all mud and dirt piles, but even with that looking out over the gateway to the Atlantic and looking over this massively historic Mersey estuary was really emotional, and I felt really connected to the river front in the way that as someone who grew up less than a mile from here, I’d never been able to feel that connection before, and it was really emotional." Alison McGovern MP
"I know it was the 70s and people thought that landfill was the only way forward, and there was less respect for recycling. I remember the first time walking up to the top, and it was all mud and dirt piles, but even with that looking out over the gateway to the Atlantic and looking over this massively historic Mersey estuary was really emotional, and I felt really connected to the river front in the way that as someone who grew up less than a mile from here, I’d never been able to feel that connection before, and it was really emotional." Alison McGovern MP
Directions to next point
Directions to next point
Go back to the junction taking the path on the left downhill towards the Mersey. Carry on around the bend to the post just past the benches.
Go back to the junction taking the path on the left downhill towards the Mersey. Carry on around the bend to the post just past the benches.