It is irregularly built on the shore of the Irish Sea and on the cliffs above, at the mouth of the river Ellen.
On the shore of the Irish Sea is Leasowe Castle, once known as Mock-Beggar Hall, and supposed to have been erected by the earls of Derby in the reign of Elizabeth, in order to witness the horse-races held here.
Thin high cloud thickened during the morning with frontal cloud over Ireland moving into the Irish Sea.
It has been claimed that the Irish Sea is the most radioactively contaminated in the world.
The latest flare-up over Sellafield involves the transport of two shipments of nuclear fuel from Japan to Britain through the Irish Sea.
