Nov 5, 2021

West Kirby Today - Issue #36

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Hello!

It’s a bumper edition today with the latest on the controversial sea wall and news of new apartment developments planned for the old fire station and Meols Drive, West Kirby’s best tree and a new Christmas market.

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PS: Don’t forget, West Kirby’s annual fireworks display has been cancelled!!!

Hoylake Beacon delayed but devloper insists it is still on the way

The developer of the Beacon Arts Village in Hoylake has revealed the majority of restoration, refurbishment and modernisation work on the building has now been completed - but the ongoing impact of the pandemic means they are unable to say when it will open.

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Apartments planned next to Royal Liverpool Golf Course

Developers want to knock down a house next to the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake and replace it with apartments.

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Work on new flood wall in West Kirby will start next year after councillors approve design

A controversial new mile-long flood wall proposed for West Kirby promenade has been approved. Following a two hour meeting of the Wirral Council Strategic Applications Sub Committee, the green light was given to the £6 million scheme.

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Dinner in the dark as power cut affects West Kirby and Hoylake

Engineers say an underground cable fault was to blame for a power cut which left parts of West Kirby and Hoylake in darkness for several hours last night.

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First images of new apartments planned for former West Kirby fire station

A planning application has been lodged with Wirral Council for 32 new build flats on the site of the former West Kirby Fire Station.

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Image: Paul Size

Have you spotted West Kirby’s famous broccoli tree lit up? Well done to One West Kirby and West Kirby Christmas Lights. The project has been funded by Wirral Council’s Welcome Back Fund, provided by HM Government through the European Regional Development Fund.

Date for your diary!

Up Pops the Market host their first Christmas market, 20th November, St Andrew’s Church Hall Graham Road West Kirby, 11am-4pm. Crafts, homewares, skincare and gifts galore. Come and enjoy some coffee and cake while Christmas shopping. #ad

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