The Vikings Are Coming

Wirhalh Skip Felagr, Merseyside's leading Viking, Saxon and Norman re-enactment group, walked from Caldy to West Kirby.

The Vikings Are Coming

Wirhalh Skip Felagr, Merseyside's leading Viking, Saxon and Norman re-enactment group, walked from Caldy to West Kirby and arrived at the museum at around 11:30am — a fittingly hands-on visit to a museum built around Anglo-Norse Wirral's most famous object, the hogback stone.

West Kirby's own Norse origins — the name itself comes from Old Norse “Kirkjubyr” — are told in full in the museum's Norse Origins & the Hogback Stone research page.

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Bringing a group, or tracing local history?

Group visits

Bring a group to the museum

Clubs, schools, historical societies and social groups are welcome by arrangement — £2 per head, up to 20 people, with two weeks' notice.

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Research Group

Researching West Kirby's past?

Our Research Group holds decades of local material — including records of who lived and worked in individual houses and shops across the village. Genuine enquiries are welcome.

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