Welcome to Wallasey

Where is Wallasey? Ask any number of people where Wallasey is and you are greeted with a confused look and a pondering mind. It's not exactly off the beaten track either. Crossing under the tunnel from Liverpool into Wirral you find yourself just a stones throw away from Wallasey.

The Domesday Book records the settlement as Walea, and a document of 1351 mentions it under the name of Waleysegh, from wala (Old English, "Welsh") and eg ("island")—literally, "island of the Welsh". Settlements have been established here for some time and there has been a church as Wallasey since the 6th century. Wallasey used to be well known for the number of shipwrecks caused by the rising tide and busy shipping lanes.

Wallasey has a population of circa 50,000 citizens. With an impressive Town Hall and excellent views across the Mersey, there is not much in the way of local interest or attractions. However, Wallasey benefits from being in close proximity to Liverpool and is near the Historic Warships Museum. The main trade is in ship repairing, flour mills and the services sector although Wallasey is primarily a residential area.

A quick search of the internet reveals a distinct lack of websites for this town. We have collected a few local links and added them here for those that wish to find out more.

Lin from the Wirral wrote in with the following message:

I don't know if you have ever heard of Peto Institute that practises Conductive Education? Well it is Hungarian based and in the past parents have had to try and get their disabled kids over to Budapest for treatment at great cost and upset to the family. Anyway, because of the public need for this therapy, we now have a few centres in the UK. One has come to Wirral..

Furthermore this tratement is entirely free to us and other families and the organisation rely totally on fundraising. I have had a few donations of late and have added their page to my pages and thought it would be good if you too, can add it to the Merseysidego2 page? Good cause after all eh?

The web site can be found at: www.leesykes.com

Thanks for that Lin. We do actually feature the Birmingham Conductive Education web site which can be found at:
www.conductive-education.org.uk

They also have a link back to our site. I am pleased to learn that Ryan has been accepted at your local centre and hope that it will benefit him greatly. Take care.
(Birmingham UK Com)