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Located in the county of Merseyside, and directly opposite Liverpool on the other side of the Mersey Estuary in the Wirral Peninsula, is the town of Birkenhead. Around 1150 AD the Benedictine Priory was established in Birkenhead. The monks would charge a small fare to row passengers across the river to Liverpool. In 1318 ferry rights were granted to the monks by Edward II. In 1330 his son and successor, Edward III, granted the priory a royal charter, giving it further rights. At the time Birkenhead was just a tiny hamlet and Liverpool was a small village. By 1801 Birkenhead was still a tiny settlement with a population of just 110. In 1817 a steam ferry service to Liverpool started, followed by a paddle steamer in 1822. Before long Birkenhead transformed into an industrial town. An iron works was established in 1824 by William Laird. In 1828 Laird went into business with his son, John, which was to be the beginning of a thriving ship-building industry. A statue of John Laird is seen on Hamilton Square, which itself is a fine example of late Georgian architecture of the 1820s. In 1886 the Mersey Railway Tunnel was built. This provided Birkenhead with a direct train link to Liverpool. In that same year, Birkenhead Central Station and Hamilton Square Station opened. A year later, in 1887, Birkenhead Town Hall opposite Hamilton Square was completed. In 1934 the Queensway tunnel opened, linking Birkenhead to Liverpool via road. Construction took nine years, and the tunnel was officially opened by King George V to a crowd of over 200,000. At the time it was known as the eighth wonder of the world. Decades later, in 1971, a second tunnel, the Kingsway tunnel, was opened to relieve congestion. This tunnel runs from the neighbouring town of Wallasey just to the north, into Liverpool. To put it another way, the Queensway tunnel was opened by the king and the Kingsway tunnel was opened by the queen! Birkenhead is represented in sport by Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Founded in 1884, they play their home games at Prenton Park in the suburb of Tranmere, south of the town centre. Famous people from Birkenhead include Patricia Routledge, Paul O'Grady and Jason McAteer. 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO 4K EXPLORER FOR NEW VIDEOS EVERY WEEK 👇 https://www.youtube.com/4KExplorer?su... Filmed: 29th June 2021 Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/BxD1TDEP2WZp5maY6 Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Whetstone Lane 0:11 Grange Road 3:22 Pyramids Shopping Centre 7:56 Claughton Road 8:46 Conway Street 10:19 Argyle Street 13:01 Hamilton Square 13:51 John Laird Statue 13:56 Hamilton Square 14:47 Hamilton Square Gardens 16:39 Hamilton Square 16:50 Birkenhead Town Hall 17:02 Hamilton Street 17:20 Birkenhead Cenotaph 17:34 Hamilton Street 20:48 Shore Road 21:00 Woodside 21:59 Resurgam - replica of early Victorian submarine 22:24 Woodside 22:30 Woodside Ferry Terminal 22:58 River Mersey & Liverpool skyline