Fort Perch Rock

12/08/2026

🇺🇸 HUGE NEWS FOR NEW BRIGHTON: APPALACHIA IS COMING TO THE MESS! 🇺🇸

This is a VERY special one… and we’re absolutely thrilled to be bringing it to Fort Perch Rock.

Straight from the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to the shores of the Mersey… RICHIE OWENS is coming to The Mess!

Our very own Martin Pleass Dyerslide is bringing Richie Owens, musician, songwriter and record producer, and cousin of country music legend Dolly Parton, to New Brighton as part of his UK tour.

Richie comes from the same remarkable Smoky Mountain family and musical tradition that helped shape Dolly Parton’s story, and is part of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith & Fables project, celebrating generations of songs, stories, faith and family history.

And on Tuesday 18 August, we get to welcome that incredible musical heritage to The Mess at Fort Perch Rock. 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧

Joined by Bob Ocker and Joe Sharp, Richie will fill the Fort with authentic acoustic Appalachian roots music, original songs and the stories behind them.

This isn't just another gig. It’s a little piece of the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee coming to New Brighton for one night only - music, family, heritage and storytelling in one of the Wirral’s most unique venues.

At just £10 a ticket, we genuinely don't expect these to hang around.

Booking link in comments...

06/08/2026

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Musicians from across Wirral and the Liverpool City Region are being invited to apply for a chance to perform at Busk on the Beach, a free live music event taking place on Friday 22 August at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Promenade.

03/08/2026

Book Now and Join us for an Autumnal Evening of Fireside Ghost Stories in the Dark at Fort Perch Rock in New Brighton.

Get Ready to hear our Spine Chilling Tales from the past bringing you Stories of Ghosts, Myths & Legends from around the Peninsula.

Our Evening is filled with Ghost Tales, Myths, Legends and Ambient Music including:

* The Origins of Fort Perch Rock
* Supernatural Tales of Black Rock Cove
* The Witches of Bidston
* The Phantom Fiddler of Barnston Dale
* The Ghosts of Dibbensdale Bridge
* Legends of the Hanging Tree at Liscard Vale Woods
* The Lighthouse Ghoul
* The Whistling Redcoat at Liscard Battery
* The Phantom of Earlston House
* Wood Fire & Candle Lights
* Ambient Music by Candlelight
* Italian Pizzas on Sale at Little Rock
* Cocktails, Shorts, Wine and Draft Ale

Limited Tickets and Tables so Book Now and don’t miss out https://wallasey-days-gone-by.sumupstore.com/product/tales-of-the-mersey-talks-at-fort-perch-rock

29/07/2026

Fort Perch Rock Battery and Life during Wartime

We have many stories to tell on our WW2 Evenings and this picture shows Bomb Damage to Darley Dene on Breck Road during WW2

The Newspapers at the time were quick to report when the Blitz had ended and no chance of the Germans returning up North

WALLASEY RAID DAMAGE HOUSE REPAIR 'WORK
Liverpool Daily Post - Saturday 08 January 1944

The gravity of the effect of enemy action in Wallasey during the blitz period 1940-41 can now been explained in detail from official information made available following, upon the discussion Thursday’s meeting of the Council in regard to the defeated proposal to transfer from the Emergency Committee lo the Estates and Housing Committee duties in respect to the rehousing of bombed-out and inadequately housed persons. . No fewer than 18,156 houses, the Daily Post learns, were damaged. Of this total, 1,150 were either completely demolished of were so badly damaged that demolition was necessary, while 4.985 were classed as seriously and the remaining 12,023 as slightly damaged. Result Of Survey A Government scheme for accelerating the repair of the properties more seriously damaged and rendered vacant wag introduced early last year. A survey under this scheme showed that 888 Wallasey houses were suitable for selection for repair. Up to the present time of these houses have been allocated to contractors and the repair of 303 of them completed. The work is subject to Government control and is carried out by the Corporation agents for the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Works and the War Damage Commission in accordance with well defined instructions and limitations.

We have many stories to tell on our Autumnal Evenings by the Fireside this September

Come and join us at the Historic Fort Perch Rock in New Brighton for our Tales of the Mersey Evenings. Choose from our Penny Dreadfuls By Candlelight or our Fireside Ghost Stories.
Book Now and find out more https://wallasey-days-gone-by.sumupstore.com/product/tales-of-the-mersey-talks-at-fort-perch-rock

28/07/2026

This Friday 😎

27/07/2026

Never seen this picture before.

26/07/2026

24/07/2026

Oooops sold out 😎