Birkenhead
 
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Location in England
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Birkenhead is a port city in the county of Merseyside in north-west England . It is located on the left bank of the River Mersey across from Liverpool on the Wirral peninsula and has a population of 93,087 (2001). Birkenhead was part of Cheshire County until 1974, and has been part of the Metropolitan Borough Wirral since then .
history
The first ferry crossed the Mersey from Birkenhead as early as 1150 . At the same time, Benedictine monks built a monastery; the building is the oldest in Birkenhead. Birkenhead is an important port and the location of several shipbuilding companies . The Cammell Laird shipyard goes back to the Birkenhead Iron Works founded in 1824 .
traffic
The first trams in Great Britain were in Birkenhead. On August 29, 1860, the first line from Woodside to Birkenhead was opened.
buses
There have been buses since 1848, which at that time were still pulled by horses. After the First World War, these were then replaced by buses with engines. The National Express has connections to other UK cities such as London, Glasgow, Bangor and Newcastle.
Subway
In 1886 Birkenhead was connected to the City of Liverpool Underground . There are two stations - Birkenhead North and Birkenhead Park - on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.
Airport
The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport . It is approximately eight miles (13 kilometers) from Birkenhead.
Events
The 3rd World Scout Jamboree took place in Arrowe Park in Birkenhead in 1929 with around 50,000 participants from 73 countries.
Town twinning
Birkenhead has four twin cities, a distinction being made between Twin Town and Sister City:
- Lorient , Brittany, France (Twin Town since 1957)
- Gennevilliers , Île-de-France, France (Twin Town since 1963)
- Latina , Latium, Italy (Twin Town since 1998)
- Midland , Texas, USA (Sister City since 2000)
sons and daughters of the town
- Algernon Thomas (1857–1937), geologist and biologist
- Bertram Keightley (1860–1944), lawyer and theosophist
- Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940), illustrator and author
- Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872–1930), politician
- Cyril Scott (1879–1970), composer
- Stringer Davis (1899–1973), actor
- Cecil Lewis (1898–1997), author, war hero, Oscar winner, co-founder of the BBC
- Andrew Irvine (1902–1924), climber who died while climbing Mount Everest
- Eric Fernihough (1905-1938), motorcycle racer
- Dixie Dean (1907-1980), football player
- Harry Angelman (1915–1996), pediatrician after whom Angelman syndrome was named
- Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe (1915–1997), politician
- Winton Dean (1916-2013), musicologist
- James Dooge (1922-2010), Irish university professor and politician
- Norman Thelwell (1923-2004), cartoonist
- Ross McManus (1927–2011), trumpeter and singer
- Adrian Maurice Henri (1932–2000), poet
- Ron Saunders (1932–2019), football player and coach
- Alan Clarke (1935-1990), director
- Glenda Jackson (* 1936), actress and politician, two-time Oscar winner
- John Gorman (born 1937), musician and comedian
- Barbara Steele (born 1937), actress
- John Peel (1939-2004), radio host and DJ
- Peter Taaffe (* 1942), politician (Socialist Party, CWI)
- Tony Pierce-Roberts (* 1944), cameraman
- Lewis Collins (1946-2013), actor (The Professionals)
- Tim Mosmann (* 1949), immunologist and microbiologist
- Andrew Duff (born 1950), politician
- Bruce Adams (* 1951), jazz musician
- Paul Heaton (* 1962), singer in the bands The Housemartins and The Beautiful South
- Mark Leckey (* 1964), video artist, Turner Prize winner 2008
- Nigel Adkins (* 1965), football coach
- Tim Hetherington (1970–2011), photojournalist, war correspondent, documentary filmmaker
- Jonathan Walters (born 1983), football player
- Ryan Mullen (* 1994), Irish cyclist
Others
The British troop transport Birkenhead , which ran onto a reef off South Africa in 1852 and sank, was originally built as Vulcan in Birkenhead and was later renamed. The rule "women and children first" was applied for the first time during the accident . It is therefore known as the "Birkenhead rule".
Web links
proof
- ↑ democracy.wirral.gov.uk , accessed May 22, 2017
Coordinates: 53 ° 23 ′ N , 3 ° 1 ′ W