OUR AIM
To preserve, enhance and support the regeneration of the historic Rock Ferry Waterfront.
“Our vision is to create a
“go to leisure destination” to build on the tremendous maritime, commercial and residential heritage of Rock Ferry.”
ABOUT US
Our aim is “To preserve enhance and support the regeneration of the historic Rock Ferry Waterfront”. The Waterfront Trust has been set up under the auspices of Royal Mersey Yacht Club. Our vision is to recreate the waterfront as “go to leisure destination” to build on the tremendous maritime commercial and residential heritage of Rock Ferry.
We’re doing this for now, and the next generations.
What we do now in terms of restoration and regeneration will form the legacy for our next generations. Not only those who take to the waves, but creating a coastal destination that the whole family can enjoy, and in turn increase local trade.
Join us navigating this bold ambition
Our first project will be the restoration of the Grade 2 listed Rock Ferry Slipway. The Trust has purchased this but now seeking corporate bodies and individuals to provide funding. Find out how you can help, or stay in touch to find out about our future exciting initiatives.
Be a part of our future.
Help us regenerate this unique piece of maritime history, and make Rock Ferry Waterfront a popular leisure destination once again, for today and for future generations.
Rock Ferry - the history.
At the height of its popularity Rock Ferry was one of the most fashionable and sought after locations on the Wirral, centred as it was around the elegant Royal Rock Ferry Hotel, Rock Park the exclusive private residential park now designated a conservation area, and Royal Mersey Yacht Club, one of the oldest yacht clubs in the country.
With the benefit of regular ferry access from the pier, the area became so popular that Rock Park was developed as an exclusive estate, providing grand villas for the influential and wealthy merchants of Liverpool. Notable residents included Nathaniel Hawthorne, a famous American writer, and the American and Norwegian Consuls.
A desirable and go to destination in the Wirral 100 years ago.
A century later, the glory days are over, and this once thriving and vibrant part of Wirral is in severe decline. The Royal Rock Hotel fell into disrepair and was demolished; the site is now a derelict and overgrown wasteland, the disused oil terminal on the Vestor oil site is a contaminated eyesore, the slipway is deteriorating, and the once busy pier is now derelict, and the crane has collapsed into the river. NEXT…