It's the town with the best view of Liverpool but the town behind that view might also be worth visiting
I visited Birkenhead for the first time and I was pleasantly surprised by the thriving independent businesses and the eclectic activities it offers.
I started my journey, armed with a Merseyrail day saver ticket, on the less than five minute journey from Moorfields to Hamilton Square. My first surprise of the day was how easy it was get there, I was prepared for a longer journey but I got to Birkenhead quicker than it takes me to travel to different parts of Liverpool. This made me question why more people don't make the quick journey.
I went for a bacon cheeseburger from the Original Dirty Burger. Cart Bridie is the founder of Original Dirty Burger, he has been in Woodside Ferry Village since February this year. The 31-year-old said: "I've been a chef for 10 years now and I thought I'd try and do it by myself." At the park I got talking to Birkenhead native, Peter Roland. The 71-year-old was born just up the road from Birkenhead Park. He said: "The park is a lovely place to walk my wife runs around the park and my grandchildren like to play her and we can bring the dog down who chases squirrels and, which keeps her happy."
It reminded me of shopping centres I use to visit with grandparents across the North West of England in towns that weren't Manchester or Liverpool. This is not necessarily a bad thing as those type of shopping centres serve a purpose of servicing the local population . My own hometown of Rochdale has recently opened a new shopping centre which is something I think Birkenhead could benefit from to breath new life into the town's shopping district.
The Scottish nature of the name and theme throughout the taproom is because Calum had originally planned to set up shop in Scotland but the site they had chosen near Loch Ness wasn't suitable due to its size. Instead he then looked at moving into a different site on the Wirral but when that plan fell through they moved to Birkenhead.
Business is going well for Glen Affric as they and Birkenhead as well continue to build up their reputation. Calum said: "We get a lot of people visiting from Liverpool on Friday and Saturday and Hamilton Square as well is a popular destination for people to visit on the weekend and we're only a five minute walk from there."
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