West Kirby Letting Agent

There are eight schools within a five-mile radius of the town centre that received an ‘outstanding or good’ grade at their last Ofsted inspection. These include West Kirby St Bridget’s CofE Primary School and West Kirby Grammar School. There are also a handful of outstanding local schools for children of all ages with special educational needs.

For those willing to travel a bit further will find the number schools graded as good or outstanding increases to 37.  You can find out more about the schools available in West Kirby on the Ofsted website here.

The town is home to more than a dozen GPs surgeries and medical centres dealing with day to day ailments and treatment, plenty of pharmacies from which to collect your prescriptions, and around ten dental practices offering both general and cosmetic dentistry. In fact, local residents should find their day to day health well taken care of by the many options available.

For anything more serious, or for accident and emergency services, Arrowe Park Hospital is around five miles away (around a 15 minute drive) from most places in the area. Services fall under the NHS Wirral CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group).

This area is blessed with an incredible variety of restaurants, cafes and takeaways, with more than 30 establishments in the local area currently rated at 4/5 or more on Tripadvisor. Options include everything from traditional English tea shops, cafes and coffee houses, tapas, pizza, steak, seafood and a choice of Chinese and Indian restaurants and pub food – and LEAFs Wirral location, a favourite at Wirral Homes and locally.

If, however, you’re looking for something different for a special occasion (or just because), you can dine beneath the star-studded ceiling of Leasowe Castle – which was once a part of the Palace of Westminster, or head to the Michelin listed Oxa in nearby Oxton.

The town is just under half an hour away from Liverpool by car, just under 40 minutes from Chester, and a little over an hour to Manchester – making it possible to commute to three of the north west’s best performing cities in a reasonable time.

Things are a little trickier for train passengers, however, with the area being the western terminus of the Wirral Line, provided by Merseyrail, commuters to Chester need to double back to Hamilton Square before changing for trains to Chester and Ellesmere Port. This bumps the time to Chester to around 90 minutes, though Liverpool remains reachable in under an hour.

The town is home to part of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, which was built in 1869, and is the second oldest golf links in England. However, its history goes back much much further – and you can see some of this extensive history in the West Kirby museum. The museum itself was founded in 1892, but had its contents locked away except by special appointment for over a hundred years. 

In 2012, The St Bridget’s Centre was renovated and began regular opening hours for the first time in its history. Containing artefacts that date back to Pre-Norman times, the displays cover the long and storied history of human habitation of the region including the Hog-Back Stone which illustrates the presence of Christian Vikings more than a thousand years ago.

The area marks the starting point of the Wirral Way, a nature walk which follows the track of the defunct Birkenhead to Hooton branch line, Ashton Park, while Sandlea Park is located, a short walk from the railway station in the centre of the town and Coronation Gardens is between South Parade and Banks Road. Another possible activity is the wonderful low tide walk out to Little Eye, Middle Eye and Hilbre Islands. 

There’s also nearby New Brighton, with its fun-park, theatre and gardens. Also local are the dog friendly Viking Quest Adventure Golf, the Pathan Park outdoor karting track, a cinema and much more – meaning the town is ideally situated for days out for families.

There are plenty of things to do in and around the local area – including the West Kirby Museum which contains a collection of artefacts discovered on the site dating back to Pre-Norman Great Britain, and extending through the Norman, Gothic and Post-Gothic periods. There’s also theatre available at the Floral Pavilion in neighbouring New Brighton – which runs an excellent programme of ballet, drama and opera. 

There are precious few nightclubs on the Wirral in general, but there are plenty of restaurants and bars available for an evening out locally – and for residents craving a night on the tiles, nearby Liverpool is close enough for a late night taxi ride and has nightlife which has become a tourist draw on its own.

Banks Road near the marine lake is a hub of beauty salons and stylists, with no fewer than fifteen options for beauty treatments, therapies, tanning and more. With the majority of salons in the area earning 4.7 or more stars out of five on Google Reviews, there should be no reason that a newcomer to the area should struggle to find their perfect match for their style in everything from nail art to hairstylist.

It may not be the first thing you think about when looking for a new place to call home, but it’s good to know that you’ll have plenty of choice – these are the little things that can turn a nice place to live into a great place.

In addition to the unique independent stores on offer on Banks Road (which includes everything from furniture to fashion), the town also has fantastic road connections to Chester, Liverpool and Manchester – with the Trafford Centre (the furthest of the three big retail complexes) just over an hour’s drive away.

However, it’s also within ten miles of a handful of retail parks, meaning you can enjoy a more sedate dose of retail therapy a little closer to home. Nearby is the JunctionONE Retail and Leisure Park in Wallasey, The Croft Retail and Leisure Park in Bromborough and the Rock Retail Park and Pyramid Centre in Birkenhead. 

It will be no surprise that the area has easy access to the usual large chain supermarkets – with local Sainsburys, Aldi, Morrisons and more. However, is also a great selection of fantastic independent stores. There’s the popular Hoylake Pantry, a zero-waste store selling wholefoods by weight and detergent and toiletry refills – all single-use plastic-free. There’s also Honest to Goodness – a health food store with an impressive selection of vegan and vegetarian foods and Colin Lunts Grocers – selling fresh, locally sourced fruit and vegetables.

So, whether you want to pick up your favourite brands, or go for something a little different, you’ll find everything you need in the local area.