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New Ferry, Birkenhead — Area Guide & Where to Stay
New Ferry is an urban area of the Wirral Peninsula, holding the Mersey shore between Rock Ferry, Bebington and Bromborough.
About New Ferry
Where to stay in New Ferry
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Port Sunlight, not New Ferry, is where most visitors end up booking. The reason is straightforward. Lady Lever Art Gallery, the Port Sunlight Museum and Hesketh Hall sit at Port Sunlight a short way off, so the rooms cluster there while New Ferry keeps to shops and housing along the Mersey side.
Rock Ferry and Bebington add a few more. Bromborough lies south.
About New Ferry
What are the main landmarks in New Ferry?
Port Sunlight holds the heavyweights. The Lady Lever Art Gallery and the Port Sunlight Museum draw the visitors, with Christ Church, Port Sunlight, Hesketh Hall and the Leverhulme Memorial standing in the same few streets. Highfield United Reformed Church and Gladstone Hall fill out the rest.
St Peter's Church, Rock Ferry and St Andrew's Church, Bebington mark the neighbouring settlements, while Bromborough Moat lies to the south.
What is the history of New Ferry?
Cheshire claimed this ground first. New Ferry sat inside the historic county's boundaries long before Merseyside existed as an administrative name, and the urban area itself only took shape from the early nineteenth century onwards, when building spread along the Mersey bank. Listed houses survive at Rock Park and Rock Lane East.
Later came Port Sunlight and the Leverhulme Memorial, which fixed the Lever name on the ground immediately inland from New Ferry.
Where is New Ferry?
New Ferry lines the Wirral Peninsula's Mersey shore, with Rock Ferry north, Bebington west and Bromborough south of its streets.
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Updated August 2026