The Wirral

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	Hilbre Point The north-western tip of the Wirral, with the Royal Liverpool golf course and West Kirby (with its marine lake) and Caldy (wooded) behind. The Dee estuary is to the right and Liverpool Bay at the bottom. Just below Hilbre Point, the tiny sandy-looking patch is the sandstone outcrop called Red Rocks. A similar patch to the right is the island known as Little Eye.
	Hilbre Point Here West Kirby (with marine lake) is the main feature with the Dee estuary to the left. Caldy lies to the right and Hoylake and Liverpool Bay to the top. The Formby coast is just visible top right.
	West Kirby and Caldy Hill
	Hilbre Point and Hilbre Island Hilbre Island and the adjacent Little Hilbre Island are left of centre. The smaller Little Eye is below on a level with the marine lake at West Kirby.
	From Heswall to Hoylake Heswall is in the foreground with the scenic heathland of Heswall Dales centre right. The straight line running diagonally from Heswall to West Kirby is the Wirral Way. Thurstaston Village and Common are towards the top right, below Hoylake.
	Heswall Dales Heswall Dales is the area below centre. The wooded area towards the top right is the Dungeon, a lovely little ravine with a stream.
	Heswall and the Dee
	Parkgate It is clear how silted up the Dee has become at the once thriving port of Parkgate.
	Birkenhead Docks and Birkenhead Park
	Brimstage and Storeton Brimstage is the village in the forground to the right. Above it in the distance is Storeton, with Storeton Wood on the edge of the picture to its right. The Mersey estuary is just discernible top right. The linear features criss-crossing the landscape are the Lever Causeways.
	Bebbington and Bromborough Looking over Bebbington (bottom left), separated from Bromborough (bottom right) by the pretty wooded valley of Dibbinsdale, towards the Mersey estuary.