Bidston Hill

[drone_pilot]

Today i spent a great day on Bidston hill, it has great views of
Liverpool and Leasowe/wales.

Heres some of the Photographs i took.

Liverpool
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/liv1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/liv2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/liv3.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/liv4.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/liv5.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/liv6.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/liv7.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/liv8.jpg

Leasowe & Wales
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/leasowe.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/leasowe1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/leasowe2.jpg

The old weather Observatory
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/wind5.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/obs.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/obs1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/lookout.jpg

The Windmill
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/wind6.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/wind3.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/wind1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/wind2.jpg

This ring is used to secure the sails during bad weather.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/wind4.jpg

on the top
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/bench.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/fos.jpg

Look at the shape of the tree, the white building on the left is the new Observatory
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/tree.jpg

This compass used to be the highest point on the hill with views all round, but as you can see the trees are now higher
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/comp1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/comp2.jpg

Bidston Hall
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/hall-gate.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Bidston/hall.jpg

[Kev]

Nice views, thanks alot! :PDT11

[lindylou]

Smashing pics :PDT11 :)

[kat2]

Lovely photographs
heres some other interesting news facts, from wirrals Birkenhead news
one reader writes
>from Murrayfield Drive, we went across the fields to Bidston Hill.

On arriving there we noticed a steel door on the side of the hill (the side facing Hoylake Road) and the door was open, a couple of us went in and to our surprise found huge tunnels going an awfully long way under Bidston Hill.

Off the tunnels inside were rooms with painted signs, and huge electric motors with blades of them, like extraction fans.

I can also remember a big, red cross sign on one of the rooms, probably the sign of a small hospital ward.

I think alas, I saw holes in the ceiling with steel ladders going upwards.

These tunnels were not small affairs, and I have often wondered just what they were, and what they were used for.
More about Wirrals Tunnels here
http://icwirral.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regional/tm_headline=shedding-some-light-on-bidston-8217-s-tunnels&method=full&objectid=19435226&siteid=80898-name_page.html
kat:)

[Placidmaster]

I was actually looking up Hoylake Road and found this site and seen the pictures taken of Bidston Hill and it was nice to see them now that I am a 30 year old man now living in Newcastle upon Tyne and here I see my Playground from my youth when visiting family members a fair few yeears ago now. we used to set up tarzan swings just down the back of the 'obbo' and nearly kill ourselves doing it but all good fun. thanks for rekindling the memories for me, it has cheered me up no end indeed

[Placidmaster]

I used to run round the old air raid shelters with a car battery and spotlaight attached playing a game the locals (I was visiting family) called allio, oh the memories!!!!




Lovely photographs
heres some other interesting news facts, from wirrals Birkenhead news
one reader writes
>from Murrayfield Drive, we went across the fields to Bidston Hill.

On arriving there we noticed a steel door on the side of the hill (the side facing Hoylake Road) and the door was open, a couple of us went in and to our surprise found huge tunnels going an awfully long way under Bidston Hill.

Off the tunnels inside were rooms with painted signs, and huge electric motors with blades of them, like extraction fans.

I can also remember a big, red cross sign on one of the rooms, probably the sign of a small hospital ward.

I think alas, I saw holes in the ceiling with steel ladders going upwards.

These tunnels were not small affairs, and I have often wondered just what they were, and what they were used for.
More about Wirrals Tunnels here
http://icwirral.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regional/tm_headline=shedding-some-light-on-bidston-8217-s-tunnels&method=full&objectid=19435226&siteid=80898-name_page.html
kat:)

[Mark R]

Great photos. Used to love going there as a kid :handclap: :PDT11

[phredd]

Great Pics, Thanks.
I could not see much of the damage caused by the Fire of a few years ago.
A local told me & the wife it was caused by a gang of 'yobs' just for the hell of it.
Took the fire brigade quite a while to get to it.

Thanks again.

Phredd

[John(Zappa)]

Smashing pics :PDT11 :)

And I'll second that:PDT11