Birkenhead

[bur-kuhn-hed]

noun

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

Birkenhead

¹

/ ˌbɜːkənˈhɛd /

noun

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

Birkenhead

²

/ ˈbɜːkənˌhɛd /

noun

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

Example Sentences

For decades Mr Sullivan and his family were haunted by tabloid press nicknames, including 'The Beast of Birkenhead', 'The Mersey Ripper', and 'The Wolfman'.

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His ordeal began after the semi-naked body of 21-year-old florist Miss Sindall was found with catastrophic injuries in an alley off Borough Road, Birkenhead, on 2 August 1986.

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They were painted on to Grange Road West in Birkenhead as part of a temporary one-way system and other traffic-calming measures introduced by Wirral Council.

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The scheme, which is yet to be completed, is part of the wider regeneration of Birkenhead, approved by the council in 2023.

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Katherine Patricia Routledge was born in Birkenhead on 17 February 1929.

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