Kirkby is a Town in the county of Merseyside.

Kirkby postcode: L32 8UG

Retail in Kirkby

There are great places to visit near Kirkby including some great towns, lakes, woodlands, parks, old mines, hills, historic buildings, historic monuments, cities, rivers and streams, gardens, shopping centres, airports, beaches, nature reserves, villages, islands, country parks and canals.

There are a several good towns in the Kirkby area like St Helens, Billinge, Speke, Southport, Formby, Wallasey, and Birkenhead.

Places near Kirkby feature a number of interesting lakes including Carr Mill Dam.

The area around Kirkby's best woodlands can be found at Carr Mill Dam.

There are a several good parks in the Kirkby area like Victoria Park, John Eddleston Playing Fields, Stanley Park, Sefton Park, and Vale Park.

Don't miss Rainford Old Delf - Crank Caverns's old mines if visiting the area around Kirkby.

There are a number of hills near to Kirkby including Billinge Hill (Wigan).

Don't miss Billinge Beacon, Liverpool Cathedral, St Johns Beacon, Speke Hall, Gateway to the former Liscard Battery, and Bidston Windmill's historic buildings if visiting the area around Kirkby.

Don't miss Billinge Beacon, and New Brighton War Memorial's historic monuments if visiting the area around Kirkby.

The area close to Kirkby boasts some of the best cities including Liverpool.

Don't miss Mersey Estuary's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Kirkby.

St John's Gardens - Liverpool is a great place to visit close to Kirkby if you like gardens.

Liverpool One is one of Kirkby's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Kirkby.

There are a several good airports in the area around Kirkby like Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Beaches to visit near Kirkby include Southport, Formby Beach, New Brighton, and Thurstaston Beach.

Kirkby is near some unmissable nature reserves like Formby Nature Reserve,

Kirkby has some unmissable villages nearby like New Brighton, Eastham, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Thurstaston, and Thornton Hough.

Little Hilbre Island, and Hilbre Island are some of Kirkby best islands to visit near Kirkby.

There are a number of country parks near to Kirkby including Wirral Country Park.

The area close to Kirkby boasts some of the best canals including Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Wigan to Liverpool Section.

Kirkby History

There are some historic monuments around Kirkby:

• Cross base 25m south of the tower of the parochial chapel, in the old churchyard
• Cross Hall moated site
• Standing cross 30m south of the tower of the parochial chapel, in the old churchyard
• Moated site at Bickerstaffe Hall.
• Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood
• Maghull Manor moated site
• Mossborough Hall moated site
• West Derby motte and bailey castle
• Sefton Old Hall moated site and fishponds, Sefton.
• Domestic chapel of St Katharine of Alexandria and burial ground
• Cunscough Hall moated site, Melling