Birkenhead (disambiguation)

Birkenhead is a town on the Wirral Peninsula, in north west England.

• Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency), related constituency

Birkenhead may also refer to:

In places:

• Birkenhead, New Zealand, a suburb in North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Birkenhead (New Zealand electorate), related constituency
• Birkenhead, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
• Birkenhead Peak, British Columbia, Canada, and these nearby places:
  • Birkenhead River
  • Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park, northwest of Birkenhead Peak and Gates Lake
• Birkenhead Rock, near Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa, on which the HMS Birkenhead (1845) was wrecked
• Birkenhead, Western Cape, a populated place near Gansbaai in South Africa
• Birkenhead Street, London, a street in London
• Birkenhead Point, New South Wales, a point in Sydney, Australia

In ships:

• HMS Birkenhead (1845), an iron-hulled troopship launched in 1845 and notably wrecked in 1852 with the loss of 450 lives
• HMS Birkenhead (1915), a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1915, in action at the Battle of Jutland, and sold in 1921

In people:

• F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, Lord Chancellor 1919–22, etc.
• Earl of Birkenhead, other earls of Birkenhead

In other uses:

• The Birkenhead drill, the marine evacuation protocol originated during the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead (1845)

Not to be confused with the Burke and Hare murders.

See also

• Birkenhead Point Factory Outlet Centre, a shopping centre in Sydney, Australia
• Birken, British Columbia, whose name is derived from the Birkenhead River and the adjacent Birkenhead Peak