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Attracting more people into Birkenhead town centre with improved leisure and residential opportunities alongside promoting new business uses and bringing in more shoppers are key elements of the plans for improving Birkenhead’s town centre.

As well as helping attract more visitors to the town centre the ambitious plans being put forward for St Werbugh’s in Birkenhead aim to significantly increase leisure and residential opportunities.

The striking Copper Mill and Steam Yard apartment blocks at waterside residential development, Millers Quay, have reached 80% capacity just ten weeks after completion.

The £9m plus revamp of Woodside ferry terminal is underway as part of a major regeneration project to turn the area into a ‘vibrant and unique waterfront destination’.

Plans to kick-start the regeneration of a former gasworks in Birkenhead and create an urban village adjacent to the town centre have moved a step closer thanks to a massive new funding approval from Homes England.

Since reopening in Autumn 2023 following a £2.7m revamp, Bidston Sports and Activity Centre has welcomed residents in their thousands to stay active in state-of-the-art facilities - with a brand-new high specification gym and free weights area, immersive cycling studio and two cafes on offer.

The masterplans form key planning documents for the future development of large swathes of Birkenhead town centre and underpin the council’s Local Plan that focuses on a ‘brownfield first’ approach.

We are proposing changes to parking charges, in line with the approved Parking Strategy, that will affect car parking across the borough.

It’s so important to look after our health and keep active, at any age. But sometimes it can be tricky to find the motivation to get moving.

As the school term starts and the journeys to and from school return, more of our children will be travelling actively thanks to the efforts of Wirral schools to become Modeshift accredited.

Shoppers will be among those asked for their views on the design for the new Birkenhead Market.

This year, Wirral is spending more than £8 million on our public highways, to keep our roads in good condition, and safe for everyone who uses them.

We're looking for local people to become a School Crossing Patrol to help children cross the road safely on their way to or from school.

Residents in the three EVOLVE Wirral areas joined representatives from the council, Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and other partners in taking part in Environmental Action Days.

Young people from local primaries have been given a boost to get them to and from school quicker and more safely.