Port Sunlight is a village on the Wirral (in the North West of England). It was purpose built by Lord Leverhulme/William Hesketh Lever starting in 1888 for the employees of Lever Brothers soap factory (now part of Unilever).

Port Sunlight contains 900 Grade II Listed buildings, and is currently a Conservation Area and is also being put forward for world heritage site status to protect it from development and to preserve the unique character for future generations.

Unusually for a suburb, it became the basis of a musical. This production, called The Sunshine Girl, opened in 1911 at the Gaiety Theatre, London. It starred Phyllis Dare , one of the most popular pin-ups of the Edwardian era, and was written by Paul Alfred Rubens . The show introduced the tango dance to British audiences.

See also

• Bournville Cadbury's factory village.
• The Lady Lever Art Gallery

External links

• http://www.portsunlight.org.uk Port Sunlight Community Page
• http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/