Birkdale Palace seen from the air in the 1940s. The SCLER line between Woodvale and Birkdale ran through a sand dune system and wind blown sand was a constant problem and an added expense for the railway.
Birkdale Palace looking north-east two years after closure. The track remained in situ until 1955.
Copyright photo from Stations UK
Looking north-east at Birkdale Palace station in the summer of 1962.
Photo by Norman Daley
Birkdale Palace station looking north-east in 1964.
Photo
by Ben Brooksbank
The
site of Birkdale Palace station looking north-east in December 2005
Photo
by Paul Wright