Port Sunlight | village, interesting place

United Kingdom / England / Bebington /
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Port Sunlight is possibly 'the' premier example of a planned garden suburb/town. It was built by William Hesketh Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) starting in 1888 for the employees of Lever Brothers soap factory (now part of Unilever). The name is derived from Lever's most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight.

Port Sunlight contains 900 Grade II listed buildings, and was declared a Conservation Area in 1978.
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Coordinates:   53°21'19"N   2°59'42"W
This article was last modified 15 years ago