Oh, meant to say, I vote Ernie as official spokesman.

Think Ernie might let my tyres down for voting for him.

Ernie,
My freind, anybody would think you work for the council!

or possibly part of the consortium,

How could a modern hotel possibly benefit the West Kirby water front and land scape????

CaptainNemo wrote:


How could a modern hotel possibly benefit the West Kirby water front and land scape????

I'm not sure that it will benefit to any great extent, I just don't think it will be the nightmare sceanrio you paint with hordes of chav's followed by arcades...etc.

Firstly West Kirby prom is hardly an architectural success - Hilbre Court FFS !!!

Secondly there is at least one building - the big yellow one, which I'd put more than my usual wager on (a cup of coffee from the free vend machine at work) ...was a hotel.

Thirdly West Kirby has more flats than it's much maligned namesake KirKby on the other side of the water. It ain't quaint...(don't get me wrong I Love the place)....but that ain't the word

Here's a thought....
get rid of that cafe/greasy spoon on the pay and display and replace wth a Hotel ( you know the sort that WK residents would go to on their travels). And with Gif no longer selling cheap ice cream and crisps.... the beach looks a lot less appealing to chav's already.

Plus....The resturant in the town will also benefit from hotel residents...more money in the town, surely a plus.

And No I don't work for the Council
or the consortium

...I simply want better facilities, I know the council ain't going to spend the money required and that the private sector will with a kickback (the Hotel). I only live 5 mins away, and I believe that the hotel of this sort ie expensive boutique, will not be deterimental to the town. p.s I don't like the (modern) design of the hotel btw. I'd prefer something more traditional.

On a personal note I can understand Robby-Rash's concerns as I suspect he has a view of the estuary from his back window which will be replaced by the back of the hotel. As I said been there....One day a small wood the next a bloody warehouse (built on designated Green Belt - NEVER trust the council (although this was not Wirral))...

Morning Ernie:

Renevated lake + New Facilities = Hotel

Not sure that this needs to be the equation.

I can't believe for one minute that our development freinds will invest in the West Kirby lake refurbishment which has to be number one priority; for me anyway. What they might do is reduce the amount of disruption intil the last minute i.e. Business is Business

The main reason for this thread was to inform my Windsurfing freinds that the local paper would like to to a scoop which is something I cannot remeber seeing. I have already sent some _link_s such as this website and up until now they were totally oblivious of the fact that West Kirby is known throughout the world as being a top spot for speed sailing.

Just thought this might be a good starting point for laying our pitch out

Sorry to be pedantic but... er no - the point of the thread was development ideas/concerns re the lake facilities. But all debate is good.

Renevated lake + New Facilities = Hotel

No that doesn't need to be the equation, but it's the only one on offer.

a local rag that isn't aware that WK is known internationally as a sailing location. Confirmation if it were needed of the stnadard of jorno's in this country. FFS.

....oh and I also suspect that the Lake is not their priority. It's the Hotel. and a condition of getting the nod for the Hotel was to redevelop the facilities at the lake.....

robbie_rash wrote:
I don't see why this development needs to be funded by a hotel, are n't there other means of funding this scheme? How much as the developers spending on the new facilities?

Be careful what you wish for...I've just committed 5K to buying Liverpool FC (or at least 1/100,000 of it)