St Bridget’s Church and Community Centre

A Church has stood on the site for over 1000 years providing a focus for the West Kirby community.

Across the churchyard lies the Community Centre incorporating the old school rooms built in 1825. Over the years the centre has continued to serve the Church and community. The pyramidal roofed building was added later and now houses the Charles Dawson Brown Museum and in 1969 the centre was extended to provide more accommodation for the Church and community.

Uses of the centre are varied and include Church and community groups of all ages - a pre-school group; Church Sunday Club; St Bridget's School; dancing; yoga; painting and kneeler embroidery; an elderly persons' luncheon club and bookings by other groups and users. Recently some groups, such as the yoga and dancing groups have had to move elsewhere because of the unsuitability of the floor of the hall for such uses which underlines the need to redevelop the centre to the latest standards. In addition, the Charles Dawson Brown Museum contains artefacts providing a snapshot of religious and secular life in West Kirby

The current Church Centre lies within the attractive West Kirby Old Village Conservation Area which includes the Church, the Churchyard, the old school rooms, the Rectory and Rectory Field. A view of the Charles Dawson Brown Museum, the old schoolrooms and the Church tower behind are shown above.