Liverpool & Merseyside
All agesFree to visit. Paid car parking is listed but charges are not shown. Golf and pitch and putt are charged separately through Active Wirral.
Checked by FamDays on 28 Oct
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Free days out on the Wirral
Places where the venue says general entry costs nothing. A child going free with a paying adult does not count, and we never call somewhere free when we do not know the price.
FamDays has checked 12 free days out on the Wirral: 3 with an indoor part. Opening times, prices and ages come from each venue's own website and every card says when it was last checked.
12 places12 free to get in3 indoors or part indoors
The list
Sponsored listings are marked. Closed places are at the end.
All agesThe council page lists no admission charge for the park. Angling on the lakes needs a permit (fee not stated on the park page).
Checked by FamDays on 19 Oct
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBirkenhead Priory and St Mary's Tower
Birkenhead
All agesAdmission is free. Guided tours are free with donations welcome; groups of 8 or more must book and a donation of 5 pounds per person is suggested.
Checked by FamDays on 17 Oct
All agesNo admission charge is listed; car parking is paid.
Checked by FamDays on 19 Oct
Photo: JarroNevsbaru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHilbre Islands Local Nature Reserve
West Kirby
All agesFree. The only cost is the pay and display car park on Dee Lane.
Checked by FamDays on 31 Oct
All agesFree entry
Checked by FamDays on 15 Oct
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsNew Brighton Beach and Marine Lake
New Brighton
All agesThe beach and the promenade are free to visit.
Checked by FamDays on 19 Oct
All agesNo admission charge is listed; car parking is paid. Fishing on the lake needs a permit. Miniature railway rides are run by a separate society (Wirral Model Engineering Society) and are promoted on its Facebook page; any ride charge is not stated by the council.
Checked by FamDays on 19 Oct
All agesThe site describes itself as a free urban farm and asks visitors to make a donation or fundraise for the farm.
Checked by FamDays on 17 Oct
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWest Kirby Marine Lake and Beach
West Kirby
All agesWalking the lake wall and beach is not charged on any council page found. Using the lake is charged: the council fees directory lists a Marine Lake day ticket of £14.35 for 2025/26 and £14.90 for 2026/27 (for bringing your own craft), and the council news site quotes Pay and Play hire of kayaks, paddleboards and Funboats at £18 per hour per craft (June 2025). Dee Lane public toilets cost 30p per visit.
Checked by FamDays on 19 Oct
Photo: FriendsWilliamsonArtGalleryandWirralMuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWilliamson Art Gallery and Museum
Oxton, Birkenhead
All agesExhibitions are free. Some events may be ticketed separately.
Checked by FamDays on 17 Oct
All agesCountry park with no stated entry charge. Car parking is paid (charges on a separate council page, not captured). Bike hire is available and presumably charged.
Checked by FamDays on 17 Oct
Questions parents ask
Which free days out on the Wirral are indoors for a wet day?
Birkenhead Priory and St Mary's Tower, Lady Lever Art Gallery and Williamson Art Gallery and Museum have an indoor part. Our rainy day guide covers the whole county.
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Local parent insider tips
Before you set off
- Check the tide before the beachCrosby's Iron Men are covered for about an hour either side of high water and the council warns of soft sand and mud, so stay within 50 metres of the promenade. At West Kirby, Hilbre Island is only reachable on a falling tide. Liverpool Gladstone Dock tide times cover both.
- Book the big ones, turn up to the small onesThe safari park, the big soft plays and anything with a timed entry sell out in school holidays. Parks, beaches, most museums and the libraries never do. Every card says whether you need to book.
- Train beats car for the coast and the centreMerseyrail stops next to the beach at Crosby, Freshfield and Southport, and under the museums at Liverpool Central. Under 5s travel free and a Saveaway covers the day after 9.30 on weekdays and all day at weekends.
- How we checkEvery listing is rechecked against the venue's own website every week, and each card shows the date it was last confirmed. If something has changed since, the Tell us link on every page reaches a person who fixes it.
Prices shown are the lowest general admission per person on the venue's website on the day we checked. Free means the venue states general entry is free; a child going free with a paying adult does not count. Always check with the venue before you set off.