Liscard

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Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre.

Liscard Hall was built in 1835 by a Liverpool merchant, Sir John Tobin. Its grounds later became Central Park, and the building itself later became an art college. A “model farm” was also developed nearby by his family.

Central Park is now the largest park in Wallasey. It has two areas for young children, with swings, slides and other games, large areas of greenery, a large listed former arts building and a popular walled garden. There is also a cricket ground and a large duck pond. It links Liscard to Poulton and Egremont.

Liscard Battery was built in 1858 to help protect shipping on the Mersey and defend the port of Liverpool. It was equipped with seven 10-inch guns. Set back from the river and hidden by new building, it was known as "the snake in the grass" to local inhabitants. The battery was obsolete by 1912, and sold on, and houses were erected on top, and now the site has an odd appearance with only the curtain wall and ornate crenellated gatehouse surviving.

Liscard is situated three miles from Birkenhead, and four miles from Liverpool (via the Kingsway Tunnel). It originally had a railway station as part of the Wirral Railway known as Liscard and Poulton railway station which was part of a branch which included Seacombe Railway Station as its terminus. This branch is long-closed and its route now forms the approach to the Kingsway Tunnel.

Areas of Wallasey