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Neston

Right up until the early 1800s, Neston was the most significant town in The Wirral, one of a string of small ports along the River Dee. In Tudor times, Neston had been one of the main embarkation points for travellers to Ireland but the silting up of the river was so swift and inexorable that by the time the New Quay, begun in 1545, was completed, it had became useless. Visiting Neston in the late 1700s, the poet Anna Seward described the little town set on a hill overlooking the Dee Estuary as “a nest from the storm of the ocean”.

One of Wirral’s major attractions is Ness Gardens, a 64-acre tract of superbly landscaped gardens on the banks of the River Dee. The gardens are run by the University of Liverpool as an Environmental and Horticultural Research Station and are planned to provide magnificent displays all year round. There are children’s play and picnic areas, well-marked interest trails, and licensed refreshment rooms. Lady Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson, was born Emma Lyon in Neston in 1765.