Well known actor Timothy Spall went sailing past the coastline of Hoylake yesterday. Spall and his wife Shane are sailing a converted dutch barge called Princess Matilda (named after their … [Read more...]
Museum Plans For Lifeboat Station
Rumours of the old lifeboat station being sold for commercial storage purposes may be true, but the future use of the old building is far from certain. There are still hopes to turn the empty … [Read more...]
News & Events Roundup
If you've been watching the new series of Mary, Queen of Shops you'll no doubt be interested to hear that the episode featuring Hoylake's 3 Sisters Grocery is scheduled to be broadcast on 21st June, … [Read more...]
Hoylake RNLI Detonate Old Bomb
Hoylake RNLI crew member Ian Davies sends in a report of dredged up WW2 bomb: After the dredger WD Mersey picked up a suspicious looking object, a call was made to Liverpool Coastguard and the … [Read more...]
Hoylake Featured In BBC Panorama
Many thanks to Peter Wilson for alerting me to the recent BBC Panorama programme that features Hoylake Library. If you click the image you should load the BBC iplayer version of the programme at … [Read more...]
News Roundup 18th May
Just a quick few items of news for 18th May. Hoylake Cottage Hospital (pictured) is featured today in the Liverpool news section over at the BBC site - do look at the photo slideshow. The … [Read more...]
Chelsea Winner Designs New Flower Bed
The latest news from the team at Hoylake & Meols In Bloom: To complement the new shrub beds we planted earlier in the year in partnership with Wirral Bourough Council, we have planted another … [Read more...]
Fire At Hoylake Sailing School
Merseyside Fire and Rescue have reported that there was a significant fire during the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Hoylake Sailing School in Market Street (pictured above - taken this … [Read more...]
Hoylake Community Centre News Update
Last week I published a news item about a survey being undertaken on behalf of Hoylake Community Centre (website). Lots of useful feedback has been received and for those that haven't had chance to … [Read more...]
Old Hoylake Maps – Can You Help?
Hoylake Allotment Association (website) need your help in finding old maps of Hoylake. Rose Chandler has been in touch and asks: I was chatting to a couple of plot-holders a while ago and they … [Read more...]








