13 Facts About Hoylake

Hoylake is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.

At the 2001 census, the population of Hoylake was 5,710 of a total population of 13,042, as part of the Hoylake and Meols local government ward.

In 1690, William III set sail from Hoylake, then known as Hyle or High-lake, with a 10,000-strong army to Ireland, where his army was to take part in the Battle of the Boyne.

Name Hoylake was derived from Hoyle Lake, a channel of water between Hilbre Island and Dove Point.

Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial is a notable local landmark, as it was designed in 1922 by the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger who was responsible for a number of war memorials around the world, including the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London.

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Hoylake's lido, located on the promenade, was opened in June 1913 and rebuilt in the late 1920s.

Hoylake is at the north-western corner of the Wirral Peninsula, and is situated on the eastern side of the mouth of the Dee Estuary and adjacent to the Irish Sea.

Hoylake is a largely residential area and there is an active nightlife in the town centre, which is located at the original village of Hoose.

Hoylake includes the independent Kingsmead School, which educates girls and boys from 2 to 16 years old.

Hoylake is the home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, built in 1869 on the site of the Royal Hotel racecourse.

Hoylake won again in 1897 at his home club of Royal Liverpool.

Hoylake Sailing Club was founded in 1887 and has a clubhouse and boatyard on North Parade.

Hoylake is one of the premier sites for sand yachting in Britain, with banks around a quarter of a mile offshore.