Museum · Wallasey · Merseyside

Fort Perch Rock

Fort Perch Rock is a grade II* listed fort. Head into Wallasey’s built-up area to find it. Close by, Walker Art Gallery is 5.4 km away, one of 59 within 15 km.

Photo: Fort Perch Rock, Rodhullandemu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Wallasey

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Wallasey

Inside Wallasey

Fort Perch Rock is inside Wallasey’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Wallasey has 57 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

Weather, month by month

In Wallasey the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 3°64 mm

Feb8° / 3°53 mm

Mar10° / 4°48 mm

Apr13° / 6°51 mm

May16° / 9°52 mm

Jun19° / 12°62 mm

Jul20° / 14°67 mm

Aug20° / 14°71 mm

Sep18° / 12°74 mm

Oct14° / 9°83 mm

Nov11° / 6°80 mm

Dec8° / 4°81 mm

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

About

Fort Perch Rock

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 4 languages.

Wallasey’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Wallasey
Official site: fortperchrock.org.uk

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

The map

Mapping Fort Perch Rock

The places near Fort Perch Rock are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

The largest of the 6 towns is Liverpool, with 506,564 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Wallasey

85,619 people · 43 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km northeast of it

Bootle

53,722 people · 39 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km north of it

Crosby

50,218 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 2.2 km southeast of it

Liverpool

506,564 people · 61 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Fort Perch Rock is	People	Places to visit
Wallasey	It’s in town	85,619	43
Bootle	1.6 km northeast of it	53,722	39
Crosby	1.6 km north of it	50,218	4
Liverpool	2.2 km southeast of it	506,564	61
Litherland	3.4 km northeast of it	18,752	3
Birkenhead	3.8 km south of it	109,854	49

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Beyond Fort Perch Rock

3 art galleries, 3 museums and 2 cathedrals are among the 59 within 15 km.

Art galleryWalker Art Gallery5.4 km away · 338K visitors a year 2

CathedralLiverpool Cathedral6.7 km away 3

Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool5.6 km away · 540K visitors a year 4

CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King6.3 km away 5

Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool5.3 km away · 606K visitors a year 6

Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum5.6 km away · 945K visitors a year 7

MuseumU-boat Story5.7 km away 8

Art galleryLady Lever Art Gallery10 km away

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

Before visiting Fort Perch Rock

Where is Fort Perch Rock?

Fort Perch Rock is in Wallasey, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Fort Perch Rock?

Grade II* listed fort in New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Fort Perch Rock?

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

Is Fort Perch Rock a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Fort Perch Rock?

Within 15 km: Walker Art Gallery (5.4 km), Liverpool Cathedral (6.7 km), Tate Liverpool (5.6 km) and Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (6.3 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)

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

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