Port Sunlight is a model village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is located between Lower Bebington and New Ferry, on the Wirral Peninsula. Port Sunlight was built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory ; work commenced in 1888. The name is derived from Lever Brothers' most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight.
An example of Port Sunlight village architecture
Lady Lever Art Gallery
The Bridge Inn
The war memorial by Goscombe John
A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, built from the late 18th century onwards by landowners and business magnates to house their workers. Although the villages are located close to the workplace, they are generally physically separated from them and often consist of relatively high-quality housing, with integrated community amenities and attractive physical environments. "Model" is used in the sense of an ideal to which other developments could aspire.
Almshouses in Saltaire, Yorkshire, typical of the architecture of the whole village
An example of houses at Port Sunlight.
Typical local shopping parade in Bournville village
Almshouses at Ripley Ville, Yorkshire. Built 1881 and now the only remaining example of the architecture of the village
