Sound from a Town

A recorded walk; starting from Woodside, and heading north along the coast, around the Irish ferry terminal, to Seacombe.

Birkenhead docks appear to be in a state of redevelopment, home to a large telecommunications company and the local college, Wirral Met. New pavements have been laid down.

From: 53.39523, -3.01

To: 53.40977, -3.01617

Tranmere Rovers are a team currently in League 2 of the English Football League.

As the only club on the Wirral, the club is a focal point for community activity on the peninsular, and for years has had to compete with its noisy neighbours across The Mersey River, Liverpool and Everton, for attention.

Recorded during a home defeat to Newport County on the 21st August 2021.

Location: 53.3737, -3.03248

Evidence of a submerged forest could be seen up until the early 80s, and artefacts discovered here suggest that ‘Dove Point’ was a trading route, enabled by ‘Hoyle Lake’, a channel of water off the coast-line.

Nowadays, the site is home to a promenade which forms part of the Wirral Coastal Walk, and an outlet through which the Meols Water Treatment Works discharges into the Irish Sea.

A straight field recording with minimal editing. Recorded on January 22, 2022. 

Location: 53.4070112, -3.1579262