Abbey or priory · Birkenhead · Merseyside

Birkenhead Priory

Birkenhead Priory is a monastery and musem. Within the built-up area of Birkenhead, it is one of the places to visit. Its status is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Birkenhead Priory, Rodhullandemu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Birkenhead

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Birkenhead

Inside Birkenhead

Birkenhead Priory is inside Birkenhead’s built-up area, with 41 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Birkenhead has 295 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Birkenhead

From June to September, Birkenhead sees highs of 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 3°65 mm

Feb8° / 3°52 mm

Mar10° / 4°48 mm

Apr13° / 6°52 mm

May16° / 9°52 mm

Jun19° / 12°62 mm

Jul20° / 14°66 mm

Aug20° / 14°73 mm

Sep18° / 12°74 mm

Oct14° / 9°83 mm

Nov11° / 6°79 mm

Dec8° / 3°81 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Birkenhead, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Birkenhead. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Birkenhead’s full climate →

About

Birkenhead Priory

It is written up in 2 Wikipedias. Nearby, Tate Liverpool (1.7 km) heads a list of 62 within 15 km.

Birkenhead’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Birkenhead
Official site: thebirkenheadpriory.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Birkenhead Priory on the map

Orange shows Birkenhead Priory; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Liverpool, with 506,564 people, is the largest of the 4. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Birkenhead

109,854 people · 49 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km northwest of it

Wallasey

85,619 people · 43 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km east of it

Liverpool

506,564 people · 61 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km south of it

Bebington

57,607 people · 49 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Birkenhead Priory is	People	Places to visit
Birkenhead	It’s in town	109,854	49
Wallasey	1.3 km northwest of it	85,619	43
Liverpool	1.5 km east of it	506,564	61
Bebington	2.6 km south of it	57,607	49

Make a day of it

More near Birkenhead Priory

Within 15 km you can add 3 art galleries, 3 museums and 2 cathedrals.

Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool1.7 km away · 540K visitors a year 2

Art galleryWalker Art Gallery3.1 km away · 338K visitors a year 3

CathedralLiverpool Cathedral2.7 km away 4

CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King3.3 km away 5

Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum1.8 km away · 945K visitors a year 6

MuseumU-boat Story700 m away 7

Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool3 km away · 606K visitors a year 8

Art galleryLady Lever Art Gallery3.9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Birkenhead Priory

Where is Birkenhead Priory?

Birkenhead Priory is in Birkenhead, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Birkenhead Priory?

Monastery and musem in Wirral, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Birkenhead Priory?

June to September are the warmest months in Birkenhead, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Birkenhead Priory a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Birkenhead Priory?

Within 15 km: Tate Liverpool (1.7 km), Walker Art Gallery (3.1 km), Liverpool Cathedral (2.7 km) and Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (3.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Birkenhead Priory: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Liverpool: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Walker Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Liverpool Cathedral: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Merseyside Maritime Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
U-boat Story: Paul adams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
World Museum Liverpool: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lady Lever Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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