Gate Piers at Entrance to Birkenhead Park is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. Gate piers.

Gate Piers at Entrance to Birkenhead Park

WRENN ID
solemn-jade-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wirral
Constituency
Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 August 1992
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers at Entrance to Birkenhead Park, Park Drive
OS grid reference
SJ 307 891
Coordinates
53.39505, -3.04343
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers at the entrance to Birkenhead Park were built around 1843-1844, although they have been restored. Made of stone, there are four piers that feature shallow panels and pyramidal copings, which flank the main gate and the side entrances.

Local climate

Gate Piers at Entrance to Birkenhead Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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