Liverpool via Bidston which also provides a connection to Wrexham and North Wales. Notable people Andrew Baddeley, English middle distance runner (1500 m), brought up in West Kirby and attended Calday Grange Grammar School. Rafa Benitez, former Everton F.C. and Liverpool F.C. manager, lives in West Kirby. Paul Clark, co-artistic director of performance company Clod Ensemble, was born in West Kirby. Daniel Craig, James Bond actor, attended Hilbre High School and Calday Grange Grammar School in West Kirby. Cyril Edward Gourley, recipient of the Victoria Cross, was a pupil at Calday Grange Grammar School and is buried in Grange Cemetery. Esther McVey, British Conservative politician Shirley Hughes, writer and illustrator, was brought up in West Kirby. Pete Price, broadcaster, comedian and author is a presenter on Radio City. Glenda Jackson, actress and politician, attended West Kirby Grammar School. Selwyn Lloyd, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Speaker of the House of Commons, lived in West Kirby. George Mallory, mountaineer, was schooled in West Kirby. Denys Rayner, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, was brought up in West Kirby. Bill Ryder-Jones, co-founded The Coral in West Kirby. Joanna Scanlan, actress and television writer, born in the town David Sheppard, cricketer and Bishop of Liverpool, retired to West Kirby. Philip Sheppard and Sir Cyril Clarke, lepidopterists, worked in West Kirby. Olaf Stapledon, science fiction author and philosopher, is a former resident. See also Listed buildings in Hoylake Kirby Park railway station References Further reading External links West Kirby 1841 West Kirby Museum West Kirby Times Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Populated coastal places in Merseyside Beaches of Merseyside