Locally Listed Building: World War II ‘Pill Box’ Anti-Invasion Fort, Hooton Lane, Childer Thornton (LL23)

World War II ‘Pill Box’ Anti-Invasion Fort LL23 (Previously LL CH/3) Address: Hooton Lane, Childer Thornton Architect: MOD Date: c1940 Description A hexagonal reinforced concrete structure with splayed machine gun ports on each face. Access at rear shielded by concrete blast wall. Part of a defensive line across the Wirral (see also Parkgate, Spital, Bromborough) to protect Birkenhead docks from a paratroop (or even landing craft) invasion on the Dee Estuary. Condition Fair. Current use Disused, on land belonging to Naylor Estates. Reference Pill Boxes, a study of UK Defences, Henry Wills 0436573601. Updated March 2007