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Top story What's On in Wirral: Wirral 10K, Mousetrap, £5 Pumpkin Trail The Wirral 10K on 11 October, The Mousetrap from the 19th, Gordale's £5 pumpkin trail from the 17th, Ness Gardens' Halloween trail and 49 more dated events. · 11 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 31 Oct Leonard McComb: Nature and Humanity Williamson Art Gallery and Museum · Free
  2. Sun 4 Oct The Illegal Eagles: Take it Easy 7.30pm · Floral Pavilion · From £42.50
  3. Tue 6 Oct Choral Pavilion choir 1pm · Floral Pavilion · From £5
  4. 6 to 10 Oct The Last Laugh Floral Pavilion · From £23
  5. Fri 9 Oct Barry From Watford 8pm · Floral Pavilion, Blue Lounge · From £28
  6. Sat 10 Oct Birkenhead parkrun 9am · Birkenhead Park · Free
  7. Sat 10 Oct Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale 3pm · Prenton Park
  8. Sat 10 Oct Simon Evans 8pm · Floral Pavilion, Blue Lounge · From £24
  9. Sun 11 Oct Wirral Country Park junior parkrun 9am · Wirral Country Park · Free
  10. Sun 11 Oct Wirral 10K 9.30am · Coastal Drive
  11. Sun 11 Oct Beyond the Barricade 7.30pm · Floral Pavilion · From £29
  12. Mon 12 Oct Roots, Rituals and Soap: folklore soap-making workshop 6pm · Port Sunlight Museum · From £20

More stories

Wirral Paul O'Grady Exhibition, Birkenhead: Free From 11 December The Paul O'Grady Story opens at the Williamson Art Gallery on 11 December and runs to 31 December 2027. Entry is free; timed tickets are on sale to 31 March. · 3 min read Wirral Wirral Remembrance Sunday: 8 November, Parade Rules Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Merseyside Police no longer close Wirral's roads for parades, and the council's own order page allows 12 weeks. · 6 min read Wirral Wirral Christmas Markets: Birkenhead Sets 7 Nov and 5 Dec Birkenhead Market has set two free Saturday craft markets, 7 November and 5 December, 10am to 4pm. Port Sunlight and the dockside market have no 2026 date yet. · 5 min read Wirral Wirral Santa's Grotto: Church Farm Gone, Floral £22 Church Farm's Santa Experience has ended for good after 20 years. Storytime with Santa runs 11 to 24 December 2026 at the Floral Pavilion, £22 a child. · 6 min read Wirral Wirral Fireworks: Prenton Park 5 Nov, Quiet Show on 8 Nov Tranmere's Prenton Park fireworks go off at 7.30pm on Thursday 5 November, with a quiet display on Sunday 8 November. West Kirby pencils in 7 November. · 10 min read New Brighton New Brighton Panto: Aladdin, 36 Shows, £15 Seats Aladdin runs at the Floral Pavilion from 5 December 2026 to 3 January 2027. All 36 performances, the £15 stalls seats, the two access shows and the dark weekdays. · 5 min read Wirral Wirral Christmas Lights: No Date Before 28 November No Wirral switch-on date is confirmed for 2026 yet. The council's own policy bars lights being lit before the last weekend of November, and permits land by 30 September. · 6 min read New Brighton Wirral 10K, 11 October: 9.30am, Trains End at James Street The Wirral 10K starts at 9.30am on Sunday 11 October in New Brighton. Wirral Line trains end at James Street that day and roads in from Wallasey are closed. · 6 min read Eastham Glastonferry 2026: Eastham Free Festival Held 29-30 August Glastonferry ran at Eastham Ferry on 29 and 30 August, free, noon to 7pm. It raised for Claire House, which spent £1.7m more than it took last year. · 3 min read Halloween Wirral Halloween: Gordale Pumpkin Trail £5, Ness From 24 Oct Gordale's pumpkin patch trail is £5 a child from 17 to 31 October, Ness Gardens' Halloween trail runs 24 Oct to 2 Nov. Every Wirral Halloween event, checked. 7 min read