PERCH ROCK

leave junction 1 of the M53 and follow the signs for new brighton along the A554.Follow this and at the first roundabout go straight through.You will come to another roundabout 100 yards further on, turn right here and follow the the promenade (kings parade) for 1 mile straight through the 3 roundabouts till you can see the fort on your right.

There is ample free parking here.Veer to the right of the fort down to the beach.

Perch rock is the name of the fort in New Brighton at the mouth of the mersey on a large sandbank.

It is a very popular low water mark that produces throughout the majority of the year.

You can mainly expect to catch whiting and dabs throughout the year, but it can throw up thornback ray, smoothhound,dogfish,codling,plaice,flounders and eels.

Best bait here is mackeral,lug and rag, but sandeel will throw up the rays and crab will take the smoothhound.