Dock Branch Park
TypePublic park
LocationBirkenhead, Merseyside, England.
Operated byWirral Metropolitan Borough Council
StatusUnder construction

Dock Branch Park is a public park which is currently being built in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England.[1] The idea for the park came from Wirral Council's long–term vision for the development of Birkenhead, known as the Birkenhead 2040 Framework.[2] As part of this framework, the council hoped to create more parks and green spaces for the public.

The park will stretch from Bidston Dock to Rock Ferry, utilising land that was previously occupied by the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway line. The railway line was created in 1847 but with the decline of the docks and rail freight traffic it has been disused since 1993.[3][4]

Costing around £13 million, the park will be over a mile long and will cover 30 hectares of land.[5] It is hoped that the park will provide a pedestrian and cycle–friendly route as well as providing land for 1,000 homes a new venue for Wirral Transport Museum.[1][6] Clearance work on the site began in May 2022, with full construction planned to start in autumn 2023 with completion estimated to be in autumn 2025.[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Manning, Craig (16 May 2022). "Work starts on new park forming part of Birkenhead's regeneration". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Birkenhead 2040 Framework | www.wirral.gov.uk". www.wirral.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Cragg, Bob (February 2005). "When the docks rocked". Traction. No. 124. Warners Group Publications. p. 50. ISSN 1354-2680. OCLC 499798607.
  4. ↑ ld-birkenhead_cns.pdf (PDF), The Rail Regulator, archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007, retrieved 16 January 2012
  5. ↑ McDonough, Tony (29 November 2021). "New £13m park will link Birkenhead to the river". Liverpool Business News. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Wirral Green Corridor". www.wirral.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Tague, Neil (16 May 2022). "Clearance work starts on Dock Branch Park". Place North West. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

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