Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton

Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside.
A defense installation, built in the 1820s to defend the Port of Liverpool. The initial idea was put forward In 1803 by Liverpool merchants who were concerned about a possible French invasion during the Napoleonic wars, but work didn't get started until 1826. The fort was completed in 1829.
It is now a tourist attraction and museum.

Perch Rock, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK

Author: Joan Martin

Photograph size: 19.2 Mpixels (55 MB uncompressed) - 5359x3589 pixels (17.9x12 in / 45.4x30.4 cm at 300 ppi)

Photograph keywords: fort, Fort Perch Rock, Georgian, Liverpool, museum, Napoleonic Wars, New Brighton, Wirral

Published in: Wirral

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