Editing Port Sunlight (section)

{{Short description|Model village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| official_name            = Port Sunlight
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.353|-2.998|display=inline,title}}
| population               = 1,450
| population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])<ref name=wirral2001census />
| metropolitan_borough     = [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[Merseyside]]
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Ellesmere Port and Bromborough  (UK Parliament constituency)|Ellesmere Port and Bromborough]]
| post_town                = WIRRAL
| postcode_district        = CH62
| postcode_area            = CH
| dial_code                = 0151
| os_grid_reference        = SJ338847
| static_image_name        = Houses on Greendale Avenue, Port Sunlight.jpg
| static_image_caption     = An example of Port Sunlight village architecture
| london_distance          = {{convert|176|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boulter.com/gps/distance/?from=53.355+-2.994&to=51.507+-0.127&units=m|title=Coordinate Distance Calculator|work=boulter.com|access-date=6 March 2016}}</ref>
| london_direction         = SE
| iso_code                 = GB-WRL
}}
'''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 (now part of [[Unilever]]); work commenced in 1888. The name is derived from Lever Brothers' most popular brand of cleaning agent, [[Sunlight (cleaning product)|Sunlight]].

Port Sunlight contains 900 Grade II [[listed building]]s, and was declared a [[Conservation area (United Kingdom)|conservation area]] in 1978.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/udp/oneudp1.asp?id=CH9|title=Port Sunlight Conservation Area|publisher=Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|access-date=23 December 2007|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030554/http://www.wirral.gov.uk/udp/oneudp1.asp?id=CH9|url-status=dead}}</ref> Port Sunlight has been informally suggested for [[World Heritage Site]] (WHS) status<ref>{{citation|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050308/halltext/50308h04.htm|title=Hansard 8 March 2005|publisher=parliament.uk|access-date=8 February 2008}}</ref> to protect it from development and to preserve the unique character for [[future generations]]; however, it is not yet on the current UK "tentative list" for future consideration as a WHS.<ref>{{citation|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/?action=listtentative&state=gb&order=states|title=Current UK World Heritage Site "tentative list"|publisher=ICOMOS UK|access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]], its population was 1,450.<ref name=wirral2001census>{{citation|url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/oneward2recset.asp?ref=TS31|title=Wirral 2001 Census: Port Sunlight|publisher=Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|access-date=23 December 2007}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>