Wirral Archives
You can find Wirral Archives, a museum, in Birkenhead. 41 more places to visit are within 5 km. A short trip away is Tate Liverpool, 1.4 km off.
Museum in Birkenhead
Inside Birkenhead
Wirral Archives is inside Birkenhead’s built-up area, with 41 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
Expect highs of 18–20°C in Birkenhead from June to September.
Wirral Archives
Museum.
In Birkenhead, inside the town’s built-up area.
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Getting to Wirral Archives
Orange shows Wirral Archives; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Birkenhead’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns to Wirral Archives
Liverpool, with 506,564 people, is the largest of the 5. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Birkenhead
Wallasey
Liverpool
Bebington
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Wirral Archives is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkenhead | It’s in town | 109,854 | 49 |
| Wallasey | 600 m northwest of it | 85,619 | 43 |
| Liverpool | 1.4 km east of it | 506,564 | 61 |
| Bebington | 3.3 km south of it | 57,607 | 49 |
| Bootle | 4.7 km north of it | 53,722 | 39 |
Around Wirral Archives
Among the 62 within 15 km are 3 art galleries, 3 museums and 2 cathedrals.
Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool1.4 km away · 540K visitors a year2
Art galleryWalker Art Gallery2.8 km away · 338K visitors a year3
CathedralLiverpool Cathedral2.7 km away4
MuseumU-boat Story400 m away5
Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum1.6 km away · 945K visitors a year6
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King3.2 km away7
Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool2.6 km away · 606K visitors a year8
Art galleryLady Lever Art Gallery4.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Wirral Archives
Where is Wirral Archives?
Wirral Archives is in Birkenhead, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Wirral Archives?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Wirral Archives?
June to September are the warmest months in Birkenhead, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Wirral Archives?
Within 15 km: Tate Liverpool (1.4 km), Walker Art Gallery (2.8 km), Liverpool Cathedral (2.7 km) and U-boat Story (400 m).
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 (8)
- 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
- U-boat Story: Paul adams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Merseyside Maritime Museum: 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
- Lady Lever Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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