Hilbre

West Kirby is on the Peninsula in . Hoylake is an idyllic seaside town overlooking the Irish Sea with views of Wales, Hilbre Island and Liverpool. International tourism booms during major golf tournaments at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
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Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island at the mouth of the estuary of the River Dee, England
  • Also known as: “Hilbre Island” and “Hilbre Islands”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hilbre Island Lighthouse and Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

Lighthouse
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located on Hilbre Island acting as a port landmark for the Hilbre swash in the River Dee estuary. It was established in 1927 by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Authority, now the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, but has been operated by Trinity House since 1973.

Golf course
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a golf club in in , England. It was founded in 1869 on what was then the racecourse of the Liverpool Hunt Club.

Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of , in , England. It is the terminus of the West Kirby branch line, one of the two branches of the Wirral Line on the Merseyrail network.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Kirby and Hoylake.

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is on the Peninsula in . Hoylake is an idyllic seaside town overlooking the Irish Sea with views of Wales, Hilbre Island and Liverpool. International tourism booms during major golf tournaments at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

Town
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Kirby is on the Peninsula in . is an idyllic seaside town overlooking the Irish Sea with views of Wales, Hilbre Island and Liverpool. International tourism booms during major golf tournaments at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

Suburb
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of , on the , in the , , England. The suburb is contiguous with to the north east.

Hilbre

Latitude
53.38209° or 53° 22′ 56″ north
Longitude
-3.22637° or 3° 13′ 35″ west
Open location code
9C5R9QJF+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 250292715
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2646911
Wiki­data ID
Q2021601
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Satellite Map

Discover Hilbre from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Hilbre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزر هيلبري”
  • Bavarian: “Hilbre Islands”
  • Cebuano: “Hilbre Island”
  • Dutch: “Hilbre Island”
  • French: “Hilbre Islands”
  • German: “Hilbre Island”
  • German: “Hilbre Islands”
  • German: “Hilbre-Inseln”
  • Italian: “Fanale di Hilbre Island”
  • Italian: “isola Hilbre”
  • Italian: “Isola Hilbre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hilbre Island”
  • Polish: “Hilbre”
  • Russian: “Хилбри”
  • Swedish: “Hilbre Island”
  • Welsh: “Hilbre”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Hilbre”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hilbre Island and Middle Eye (Little Hilbre).

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