Now surrounded by factory units and shipyards, Birkenhead Priory is an oasis of calm in a busy world.
The Chapter House is consecrated as a Church of England chapel. It hosts regular church services as well as weddings, baptisms and funerals.
The Scriptorium is the home of the Friends of HMS Conway. The Conway was a training ship which formerly stood in the River Mersey off Rock Ferry.
The Undercroft houses a small museum tells that the story of the medieval Priory. Above the Undercroft is The Refectory, now covered with an award winning roof.
St Mary’s, the first parish church of Birkenhead (1821), survives now as only a tower and spire, having been demolished in the 1970’s. You can climb the 101 steps of the tower for spectacular views of the River Mersey and local area. The tower is now dedicated as a memorial to the 99 men lost in the 1939 disaster aboard the Laird’s built submarine HMS Thetis.
