A picturesque town with more than 900 Grade II listed houses and public buildings, Port Sunlight was founded in 1888 by the industrialist William Lever as a self-contained community for his soap factory workers.
The village today is an immaculately preserved example of early town planning. A prototypical garden city, Port Sunlight’s manicured gardens and parklands offer abundant green space for the village’s residents and visitors, while cultural institutions like the Lady Lever Art Gallery and The Gladstone Theatre provide access to the arts.
With just 2,000 residents, Port Sunlight is home to a small but thriving community
A local tour guide explores William Lever’s economic views and how these shaped Port Sunlight. Interviews with a retired couple who run a local holiday let and the Port Sunlight Garden Centre manager give a sense of new and more traditional forms of work, and how the pandemic has affected the village’s economy.
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This post was written by k.lynch@portsunlightvillage.com