Eastham is a small town, located in the Wirral area of Merseyside, England. It is located close to the M53 motorway, and lies directly on the A41 road, the main road between Birkenhead and Birmingham. It is also close to the city of Chester. It shares a proximity to the village of Port Sunlight, which is considered by many to be the brithplace of the British soap industry.

The original village (inhabited since Saxon times) is clustered around St. Mary's church, whose churchyard contains an ancient yew. Much of the surrounding land was once owned by the powerful Stanley family. In the Victorian era a ferry brought visitors from Liverpool to the pleasure gardens, remnants of which can be seen in Eastham Country Park. Eastham Lock forms the western end of the Manchester Ship Canal. In the 1930s, significant housing development joined Eastham to neighbouring Bromborough leaving the Mersey side of Wirral continuously built up to New Brighton.

External links

• Historic photos (http://www.oldphotos.co.uk/eastham.htm)