West Kirby beach
Water quality: Sufficient — meets the minimum water-quality standard.
Photo: Tee Cee from Cheshire (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Classification from the Environment Agency's designated bathing water profile — see the official profile for the latest sampling, pollution risk forecasts and any advice against bathing.
Places to stay near West Kirby
Within 5 miles of the beach, nearest first — straight-line distances.
1.5 miles from the beach
1.5 miles from the beach
Green Lodge Hotel
✓ Six tastefully-decorated bedrooms with period features above the pub
🏖️ 1.45 miles from Meols (Good water quality)
Wirral
1.6 miles from the beach
Brackenwood
🏖️ 1.56 miles from West Kirby (Sufficient water quality)
Chester, North West England
Sleeps 12
£3,850 per break
Check availability2.3 miles from the beach
Hillbark Hotel
✓ Only 5-star hotel in Merseyside with 17 individually designed rooms
🏖️ 2.33 miles from West Kirby (Sufficient water quality)
Frankby
2.4 miles from the beach
3 miles from the beach
The Hideaway
🏖️ 0.29 miles from Meols (Good water quality)
Chester, North West England
Sleeps 2
£587 per break
Check availability3.2 miles from the beach
3.3 miles from the beach
3.6 miles from the beach
Things to do near West Kirby
Abbey Farm MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 5.8 mi
Greenfield Valley MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 5.8 mi
Greenfield Valley Rail and Steam MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 5.9 mi
Williamson Art Gallery & MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 6.4 mi
St Winefride’s Well MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 6.5 mi
Transport MuseumMuseums & Galleries · 7.4 mi
Eat by the beach
Within 3 miles, all with a 5-star food hygiene rating.
- The Yog Bar · Tea Rooms · 1.5 mi
- The Potting Shed · Tea Rooms · 1.6 mi
- Hoylake Lights · Pubs & Inns · 1.7 mi
- The Ship Inn · Pubs & Inns · 1.7 mi
- Bambini Love · Tea Rooms · 1.8 mi
- Flissy's Coffee Shop at GJ's · Ice Cream & Creameries · 2.7 mi
👻 Haunted places near West Kirby
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11.2 miles away
Newsham Park Hospital
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17.4 miles away
Plas Teg
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17.5 miles away
Stanley Palace
A timber-framed Elizabethan town house on Watergate Street, built on friary grou...