Port Sunlight

Port Sunlight is on the Wirral peninsula in Merseyside. Port Sunlight is a model village with 900 Grade II listed buildings, the Sunlight Soap Museum and Lady Lever Art Gallery.

Understand
It is a model village built at the end of the 19th century for the workers of Lever soap factory (now Unilever).

By train
Two stations on the Merseyrail line between Liverpool and Chester/Ellesmere Port serve Port Sunlight. The journey time from Liverpool City Centre is approximately 15 minutes.

By bus
Buses 38 (Bromborough–West Kirby), 410 (Clatterbridge–New Brighton), 418 (Beechwood–New Ferry) and 464 (Liverpool–New Ferry) stop near Bebington station on the Bebington Road or Old Chester Road.

By car
Port Sunlight is about from the M53 motorway, junction 4. From Liverpool, use the Queensway Tunnel and then follow the A41 till you pick up brown signs. Parking on the south side of the Lady Lever Gallery is free but very limited, so use public transport if you can.

Get around
Port Sunlight is best explored on foot, as the distances are short. A self-guided walk of the main landmarks can be obtained from the museum shop.

See
There are over 900 Grade II listed buildings.

Do

 * Go swimming at the Oval Sports Centre The Lodge Old Chester Road Bebington CH63 7LH.
 * Go swimming at the Oval Sports Centre The Lodge Old Chester Road Bebington CH63 7LH.

Buy

 * Sunlight Soap from Port Sunlight Village museum.
 * Wirral Farmers Market is on Grove St in New Ferry Village, second Saturday of the month.

Connect
As of Aug 2022, Port Sunlight has 4G from EE and O2, and 5G wth Three and Vodafone.

Go next

 * Birkenhead
 * Liverpool
 * Central Wirral