Wirral Country Park

Work began on the park in 1969 and the park was opened formally by Lord Leverhulme in 1973. The park's creation followed a successful campaign by Captain Lawrence Beswick DSM, which prompted the necessary investment from the Countryside Commission. Construction of the park required the removal of 30 mi of railway track and accompanying sleepers, the digging and forming of drainage channels, levelling and consolidation of thousands of tons of gravel or ballast, and the removal of some brick-built road bridges. Some of the few remains of the original railway line are the old platforms at Thurstaston, the preserved 1950s-era station at Hadlow Road, a number of bridges and occasional railway…