Wirral Council plans to spend £1.5m on the park including nearly £1m upgrading it
Wirral Council is planning to spend £1.5m upgrading the historic Birkenhead Park to support its bid for recognition on the world stage. Nearly £1m will be spent upgrading the park while the rest of the money will go towards supporting other costs related to a
World Heritage bid. Birkenhead Park, sometimes known as the People’s Garden , was first opened on April 5 1847 as a park to be enjoyed by everyone in the community. It is acknowledged as the world's first publicly-funded park and designed by Joseph Paxton, it went on to influence other famous parks such as Sefton Park in Liverpool and Central Park in New York.
World Heritage status including Birkenhead and now Wirral Council’s bid for the site is being developed with the government. It’s hoped a World Heritage status would put the name of Birkenhead on the “world stage” and highlight the history of the area. Currently, the council supported by the government is working towards submitting a formal nomination to
to consider the bid. As part of this, councillors are being asked to recommend at a tourism, communities, culture and leisure committee to spend £1.555m over four years supporting the bid. If approved, it will then go to the council’s senior policy and resources committee for consideration.
World Heritage Status could see the number of visitors to the park double with nearly 2m people a year currently visiting and UK World Heritage Sites generate on average nearly £6m a year. £566m has also been invested through the National Lottery Heritage Fund into 23 UK World Heritage sites over 14 years so there is room for more funding if the bid is successful.
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