Have Your Say #1
March 4, 2010 by John · 5 Comments
The volunteer team at Hoylake Village Life (website) are looking for your feedback on several questions relating to Hoylake.
I’ll be publishing several topics over the next few weeks in a series I’m calling Have Your Say. Your feedback will help the HVL team focus on the items that matter, with the aim of making Hoylake a better place to live, work and spend time in.
Simply leave your on-topic comments below, or use email (how to get in touch). You can also email HVL directly at info@hoylakevillage.org.uk
So, the first Have Your Say question is:
What do you think is Hoylake’s Unique Selling Point (USP)?
Possible related posts (computer generated):
I think the location of Hoylake is its USP. Reaching out to a corner of Wirral at Red Rocks with a long and wide beach offering fantastic views of Hilbre Island, Wales, Liverpool and beyond. The beach is only minutes away for just about all Hoylake residents. Part of Hoylake’s rich history too.
John
Yes, it’s corner of peninsula location and geography of beach, dunes, rocks, islands, vistas and horizons which is a stage for a range of leisure activities from quiet contemplation to a world class bird watching, sand yachting and golfing venue. The built heritage from fisherman’s cottages, neat red brick terraces through to grand houses is just as important too in providing a sense of place although very little built since the 1930s adds to this and much has been lost. A missed opportunity is that Hoylake is physically and mentally cut off from the countryside behind it, the focus is on the sea but there is some great countryside too which needs opening up. Hoylake could develop a reputation as a cycling destination, the Chris Boardman Route?, some good cycling opportunities but needs a seafront cafe for the cyclists to refuel.
The previous two comments have got me thinking.
To me Hoylake is about space and mind. A spiritual place.
Think about the long views out to sea, the broad expanse of sand, the sky and wide horizons, the countryside behind, and even the long, long line of shops along Market Street. Its all about space. Nowhere else in Wirral, maybe nowhere else in Merseyside has this kind of space.
Which means to me, Hoylake is a spiritual place. A place where lost souls come to after being rescued. A sanctuary.
A place where birds fly thousands of miles to for a rest and a bite to eat.
A place where thousands of commuters come to after a day of hectic city life.
A place where lost souls come to after being rescued from the choppy tides out at sea.
A place where the sun sets after a long day.
A place where the waves lap along the shore.
A place to rest, a place to free your mind, a place to think, a place to recover, and a place to create, to think of new ideas, to buzz.
A place for free spirits.
That is my Hoylake.
And where does that take us? Hoylake is a broad community, made up of families, lots of children and young people and the elderly. What do these people share – art, culture, sport, music, well-being, nature.
Its all here in Hoylake, a place for free spirits.
It has to be the natural environment, great for all ages to enjoy, the views on clear blue sky days from the beach at Red Rocks and the Kings Gap corner, with Hilbre in the foreground and snow capped Snowdonia in the background; beautiful Victorian and Edwardian buildings of all sizes; a perfect place for my children to grow up in.