Hilbre Island · The crossing
West Kirby
The tidal-island crossing the site was built for. Departure window opens 3 hours after high water.
Wirral Coast · Wednesday 14 October
Wirral Tide Times
Tide times today for every coastal location on the Wirral that HilbreTides covers: Hilbre (West Kirby), New Brighton, Hoylake, Leasowe Bay, Thurstaston and Parkgate. Tap any place for the 7-day forecast and a visitor guide.
Today at a glance
Hilbre crossing open now
Be back on West Kirby beach by 10:39.
Today's crossing times →
Low water 08:49 tomorrow for a beach walk
The sands are at their widest for about an hour either side, all along the north Wirral shore. Height 2.3 m at Liverpool.
Hoylake and the north shore →
Sunrise 07:35, sunset 18:21
Plan any sands walk to be back on firm ground well before dusk.
7-day outlook →
Across the Wirral coast
Mersey Mouth · Wirral
New Brighton
Beach + promenade at the mouth of the Mersey. Fort Perch Rock, lighthouse, Marine Lake, RNLI station on patrol.
North Wirral · Dee Estuary
Hoylake
Vast tidal sands, gateway to Hilbre. Royal Liverpool GC, RNLI hovercraft station, train every 15 min.
North Wirral
Leasowe Bay
Long flat beach, oldest UK brick-built lighthouse (1763), submerged forest at low tide, kitesurf scene.
Dee Estuary · Wirral
Thurstaston
Red sandstone cliffs, Wirral Country Park visitor centre, Wirral Way midpoint, sunset views to Wales.
Dee Estuary · Marsh-cover
Parkgate
Saltmarsh on the Dee. The highest spring tides flood it and draw hen harriers, short-eared owls and other raptors in to hunt.
About the data. West Kirby (Hilbre Island) is the site's primary station. New Brighton, Hoylake, Leasowe Bay, Thurstaston and Parkgate are derived from the Admiralty UKHO Liverpool (Gladstone Dock) Standard Port with published HW offsets. Heights are pass-through Liverpool predictions and not yet calibrated against local gauges. Treat as indicative and verify against UKHO EasyTide before any safety-critical use. In an emergency, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.