Birkenhead

American  

[bur-kuhn-hed] / ˈbɜr kənˌhɛd /

noun

1. a seaport in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey River opposite Liverpool.

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Birkenhead ¹ British  

/ ˌbɜːkənˈhɛd /

noun

1. a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)

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Birkenhead ² British  

/ ˈbɜːkənˌhɛd /

noun

1. Frederick Edwin Smith , 1st Earl of, known as F. E. Smith . 1872–1930, British Conservative statesman, lawyer, and orator

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Birkenhead

Among those cases was eight-year-old Luke Albiston-O'Donnell from Birkenhead, who died after inhaling toxic fumes from a house fire caused by an e-bike battery on charge in 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Basildon, Birkenhead, Grimsby and Rotherham are among the bigger places in the running for the title of the UK's first Town of Culture.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The officer, who has asked to remain anonymous, spoke of the concerns he had raised for Crime Next Door: The Beast of Birkenhead – a new podcast on BBC Sounds.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Originally from Birkenhead, Egerton moved to Anglesey before settling in Aberystwyth at the age of 12, which he now regards home.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Wilfrid, son of the farmer of Birkenhead, was my comrade and playmate since ever I can remember.

From Cedric, the Forester by Bernard Gay Marshall