Wirral Tramway and the Wirral Transport Museum has a tram line running from Woodside Ferry to the museum.
The Baby Grand Tram (Tram 245) has won ‘Tram of the Year’ after its restoration and is the last surviving tram of its type in the UK!
Admission into the museum is free with a broad selection of vintage and classic vehicles, including trams, buses, cars, motorcycles, mopeds, bikes, and a fire engine.
It is run by the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society – check out their website – HERE!
American George Francis Train created the first street tramway in Europe in Birkenhead in 1860. He was quite a character. It is thought that the fictional character Phileas Fogg (Around the World in 80 days) was based on him!
The Wirral Transport Museum is housed in a building that has seen many uses since it was built. The original part of the building (1892) was used for stabling horses in transit from Ireland. This was unusual in that the stabling was over two storeys. The stables area now houses a model railway.
The next occupant of the building was Moorhouses Minerals; used as a manufacturing facility for their range of carbonated soft drinks. The company was taken over by Birkenhead Brewery in 1951. In the late 50s the company was taken over by Threlfalls Brewery and again in the 60s by Whitbread Brewery. Moorhouses lemonade then became R Whites (Whitbread Minerals division). All production ceased in 1983.
Wirral Borough Council later purchased the building to replace Pacific Road as the home of The Wirral Transport Museum.
1 Taylor St, Birkenhead, CH41 1BG
Wirral Tramway and the Wirral Transport Museum has a tram line running from Woodside Ferry to the museum.
The Baby Grand Tram (Tram 245) has won ‘Tram of the Year’ after its restoration and is the last surviving tram of its type in the UK!
Admission into the museum is free with a broad selection of vintage and classic vehicles, including trams, buses, cars, motorcycles, mopeds, bikes, and a fire engine.
It is run by the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society – check out their website – HERE!
American George Francis Train created the first street tramway in Europe in Birkenhead in 1860. He was quite a character. It is thought that the fictional character Phileas Fogg (Around the World in 80 days) was based on him!
The Wirral Transport Museum is housed in a building that has seen many uses since it was built. The original part of the building (1892) was used for stabling horses in transit from Ireland. This was unusual in that the stabling was over two storeys. The stables area now houses a model railway.
The next occupant of the building was Moorhouses Minerals; used as a manufacturing facility for their range of carbonated soft drinks. The company was taken over by Birkenhead Brewery in 1951. In the late 50s the company was taken over by Threlfalls Brewery and again in the 60s by Whitbread Brewery. Moorhouses lemonade then became R Whites (Whitbread Minerals division). All production ceased in 1983.
Wirral Borough Council later purchased the building to replace Pacific Road as the home of The Wirral Transport Museum.
1 Taylor St, Birkenhead, CH41 1BG