Birkenhead Priory & St Mary's Tower (The Birkenhead Packet)

Birkenhead Priory & St Mary's Tower
Priory Street
Birkenhead, Wirral
Merseyside
L41 5JH
England

Website

www.wirral.gov.uk/ed/birkenhead_priory.htm

Telephone

0151 666 1249

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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This Benedictine Monastery established 1150 is the oldest building on Merseyside. Much of the original building still remains and other parts have been sympathetically restored to their former stature.

First restored over a century ago, the site continues to develop with museums displays, education/meeting/concert space and chapel dedicated to HMS Conway (open by appointment). Climb the tower of Birkenhead’s first parish church, now also a memorial to those who lost their lives aboard the submarine Thetis, and experience the magnificent views up, down and across the Mersey to Liverpool, Oxton Ridge, Bidston and the Wirral Coast.

Venue Type:

Museum, Ship or maritime heritage site, Sacred space

 Opening hours

Summer:
Wednesday – Friday 1pm – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday 10am – 5pm

Winter:
Wednesday – Friday 12noon-4pm
Saturday & Sunday 10am–4pm
Also open Bank Holidays

Other times by appointment only.
Check for Christmas/New Year openings: 0151 666 1249

 Admission charges

Admission Free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Disability access
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Loan service
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Birkenhead Priory & St Mary's Tower
Priory Street
Birkenhead, Wirral
Merseyside
L41 5JH
England

Website

www.wirral.gov.uk/ed/birkenhead_priory.htm

Telephone

0151 666 1249

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Land Transport, Maritime, Social History, Weapons and War, World Cultures

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Birkenhead Priory & St Mary's Tower
Priory Street
Birkenhead, Wirral
Merseyside
L41 5JH
England

Website

www.wirral.gov.uk/ed/birkenhead_priory.htm

Telephone

0151 666 1249

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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