Eastham Woods (Wirral)

[Jan]

Although I have lived in Wirral for over three quarters of a century (gosh!), I had never been to this area before, in fact I didn’t know it existed, until a friend and I went there last week on a sunny bright day. We had a lovely walk about, saw the River Mersey and planes bound for and taking off from Liverpool airport. All followed by a lovely lunch at a nearby tearoom. I liked it all so much the family went today, not as warm as last week (no sunshine) but still most enjoyable. We ate at a different place (tearoom was full) and all had a cheeseburger each and a one portion of chips between four people for lunch, Diet Coke (2), one tea and one coffee all for the princely sum of £22. Very good value as it was excellent. Then we all went for a walk through the woods, DS and DGS throwing a rugby ball and then a frisbee around a playing field for 30 mins. Then back to the car and home. Altogether a very good way to spend a few hours on a bank holiday weekend.

[Jedi Princess]

It sounds like you’ve all had a very lovely day.

[TORIMS]

Sounds like a fab day 😍 I grew up on The Wirral and spent loads of time at Eastham Ferry and Eastham Woods as a kid.
We occaisionally go there when we are back up North visiting my family!
Lots of childhood memories for me around there 😀
Vicki x

[Ali23]

Sounded a lovely day, I know the area well, lots of little visits there when my kiddies were little.

[Jakey Neverland]

Just up the road from me so we go there a lot. Funny I went with a friend from Burton the other week who also had never been there before.

[making49]

We used to take our two children there back in the 80's. It was usually during cold winter weekends when we'd wrap up warm, take a flask of Heinz tomato soup and just enjoy the moment. There was always a visit to the "bear pit", no idea where the name came from. Happy days

[evergreen]

Originally Posted by making49

We used to take our two children there back in the 80's. It was usually during cold winter weekends when we'd wrap up warm, take a flask of Heinz tomato soup and just enjoy the moment. There was always a visit to the "bear pit", no idea where the name came from. Happy days

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It was a bear pit in Victorian days, there was also a pier for a ferry from Liverpool for the day trippers, there is a stand in the woods with old photo’s and info.

[making49]

Originally Posted by evergreen

It was a bear pit in Victorian days, there was also a pier for a ferry from Liverpool for the day trippers, there is a stand in the woods with old photo’s and info.

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Hi, thank you for confirming the bear pit, I remember that there had been a ferry. I'll do a search online and see if the photos are there.