What is the name of the Metropolitan Borough which contains The Laird School of Art, situated in Merseyside, the first public school of art outside London, and overlooking a public park which was designed by Joseph Paxton in the centre of Birkenhead?
Birkenhead Park Birkenhead Park is a public park in the centre of Birkenhead, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847. It is generally acknowledged as the first publicly funded civic park in the world.
Queen Victoria Monument, Birkenhead The Queen Victoria Monument stands in the centre of Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is in the form of an Eleanor cross. The memorial was designed by Edmund Kirby, and was unveiled in 1905. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.