2006, a number of rock concerts which were organised by a group of young Wallaseyans. The nights were called "Nautical" and were featured in The Guardian newspaper and named The NME club of the week for the 1 September 2006 show, which featured British Sea Power and the Tiny Dancers. The fort features a museum with displays including military aviation, maritime history, and the Fort Perch Rock Marine Radio Museum used to exhibit marine wireless communications devices. The museum is currently being refurbished and will reopen in Spring 2023. A new permanent escape room concept "Escape The Fort" opened in 2022 and is available for bookings daily. In spring 2022, The Mess cafe opened within the Fort and is open daily from 9am. In Literature and the Arts In the poetical illustration 'The Black-Rock Fort and Lighthouse', by Letitia Elizabeth Landon to an engraving of a painting by Samuel Austin, she imagines the beacon light as a welcoming sight to voyagers returning home to England. Gallery See also Listed buildings in New Brighton, Merseyside Seaforth Battery Fort Crosby References Bibliography External links Fort Perch Rock's website Perch Rock, Fort Forts in Merseyside Museums in Merseyside Telecommunications museums in the United Kingdom New Brighton, Merseyside Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Military and war museums in England