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New Brighton is a seaside resort and suburb of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England, at the northeastern tip of the Wirral peninsula. It has sandy beaches which line the Irish Sea and mouth of the Mersey, and the UK's longest promenade. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,859.
Mar 23, 2020 · New Brighton, on the Northern corner of the Wirral peninsula, is a great place to do some landscape archaeology! New Brighton developed from a coastal backwater to a thriving and popular coastal resort during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Feb 24, 2022 · One time dubbed the 'Blackpool of Liverpool', New Brighton was a haven for tourists who loved nothing more than a day trip to the Wirral resort to experience its many attractions.
Apr 6, 2024 · Within three years of Atherton buying the land, a steam paddle-wheel ferry service was introduced from Liverpool to what was starting to be called New Brighton after Brighton, the famous South coast watering hole.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described New Brighton like this: BRIGHTON (New), a village and a chapelry in Wallasey parish, Cheshire. The village stands within Liscard township, on the coast, at the mouth of the Mersey, near the Lighthouse, 3½ miles N by W of Birkenhead.
Feb 3, 1997 · New Brighton was founded in 1830 as a fashionable watering place and posh residential dormitory for the mercantile elite of Liverpool society.
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During the latter half of the 19th century, New Brighton developed as a very popular seaside resort serving Liverpool and the Lancashire industrial towns, and many of the large houses were converted to inexpensive hotels.
