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

Cammell Laird, for instance, now builds the bow sections for the Type 26 frigates and transports them on barges from their Birkenhead base to Govan on the Clyde.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

On an industrial estate on the outskirts of Birkenhead on Merseyside, an English company is helping to shape the future of shopping.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

In Birkenhead, Merseyside, the "magic" is being used to support disadvantaged young people.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

My proposition was to lay a track four miles long, running out to the Birkenhead Park.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis