This is the first report of what will hopefully become a regular monthly feature – West Kirby Property Watch.

There were 14 registered house sales in West Kirby in July including:

• the highest transaction was £360,000 for a property in Kings Walk
• the lowest transaction was £93,000 for a property in Kington Road
• 2 properties sold in Ennisdale Drive for an average of £167,500

There are at least two properties currently on the market priced at over £2 million. There are approximately 150 West Kirby properties for sale at the moment.

Across Wirral as a whole, average property prices rose 0.4% giving an annual change of -12.7%

I’ve introduced a minor change to the site this afternoon, so this is just to make you aware of it.

At the end of every post you’ll now see:

Possible related posts (computer generated):

followed by 3  related posts (I hope!) elsewhere in the site. If you’re a regular reader then you may well recall the suggested posts, but new readers will get the chance to find other news items on the site.

I’ll be introducing other little tweaks here and there in due course.

The rebuilding of the Marine Lake wall is now complete and this Saturday, 1st August sees an official reopening of the lake. The wall is already open though as you can see people walking around the lake. The repairs cost in the region of £750,000, mostly funded by the Environment Agency.

To mark the occasion there will be a series of events starting at 11am with a ribbon cutting and various water sport activities running through until about 4pm.

The national Green Flag awards have been announced today and West Kirby parks have been recognised as worthy winners.

Ashton Park, Coronation Gardens (in between Banks Road and the promenade) and Hilbre Island nature reserve have all received awards. Nearby Royden Park in Frankby picked up an award too.

Well done to all.

Here’s a great eye witness photo courtesy of Ian from Hazlehurst Linen.

Quite evidently this road repair in Banks Road has been less than successful.

Ian and one of his neighbours from Rightway DIY also acted out a more comical photo that you can see in Ian’s photo stream

A reader is after any information about an old house/farm called Laurel Mount that was in the Redhouse Lane / Bank area of West Kirby.

If you can help please leave a comment below – thanks.

Just to let you know that I’ll be changing the contact email for this site tomorrow (Wednesday 15th). So if you’re subscribed to the email newsletter and can’t seem to find it then check your spam folder just in case.

You could always add news [at] westkirby.org to your address book to be on the safe side. And you can of course use that email address to send me your West Kirby news!

A long established Banks Road shop is to close later this year. Hazlehurst Linen shop has been trading in Banks Road for 41 years but is currently planned to close in 2009.

Proprietor Ian Hazlehurst has started a blog to keep you informed about the big sale and news from his shop.

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

I mentioned about the proposed plans to convert an old West Kirby funeral parlour into a wine bar. Well, the council have rejected those plans as they deemed them unsuitable for a residential area. Chairman of Wirral’s planning committee, Cllr David Elderton said:

The concern among committee members was that it was an unneighbourly development. The guidance in our protocols is that developments of this nature should be at least 40m away from residential developments, this was deemed to be 20 metres away.

There was a lot of discussion about stimulating an active night time economy and the idea that Wirral wanted not so much Blackpool-style economy but one which reflected the area.

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