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Read the spring 2025 issue of the Port Sunlight Gazette

The Port Sunlight Gazette is a seasonal magazine made for everyone who is part of Port Sunlight’s community, whether you visit, live, work or volunteer in and around this special village. A copy has been…

Foodie heaven awaits at the Sugar & Spice Festival in Port Sunlight this Easter weekend

A ‘food, drink and little luxuries’ festival is returning to Port Sunlight this Easter weekend, bringing together over 35 of some of the best local makers from Wirral, Merseyside and Cheshire.

How to dress like a 1901 Port Sunlight woman

Discover the fashion tips a 1901 edition of Lever Brothers’ produced-Woman’s World magazine had to give to women of the day.

Opportunity: Brief for project management services – The Lyceum at Port Sunlight

PSVT is seeking project management and cost planning services to support a Development phase application to the National Lottery Heritage Fund (Heritage Fund) for our project at the Lyceum.

The story of the ‘Seven Sisterly Sunlighters’

For Women’s History Month, we uncover a glimpse of the varied – and perhaps surprising – role female employees played at Lever Brothers’ Port Sunlight factory in the early 20th century. In August 1924, Port…

Opportunity: Conserving Port Sunlight’s Gladstone Plaque

Port Sunlight Village Trust (PSVT) seeks to commission an ICON accredited conservator to undertake treatment to the bronze Gladstone Plaque, located on the front of the village’s Gladstone Theatre.

Interview with Emma Rodgers: Meet Port Sunlight’s new artist-in-residence

We sat down with Emma recently to find out why she chose to make Port Sunlight’s Fire Engine Station the new home for her world-renowned art, her plans for the unique space and which famous comedian-turned-artist will be joining her…

Renowned sculptor Emma Rodgers turns Port Sunlight’s historic Fire Engine Station into new studio

Discover how Wirral-based and world-renowned sculptor Emma Rodgers is reawakening one of Port Sunlight’s most special buildings.

Growing up in Port Sunlight: Pete Burns & childhood in 1959

Explore what a typical childhood was like in Port Sunlight in 1959, the same year the very untypical Pete Burns – who grew up in the village before becoming a pop music icon – was born.

Our top Christmas picks at Port Sunlight Museum’s shop

The lovely team at Port Sunlight Museum’s shop have made an early start on their Christmas shopping. To give you a bit of festive inspiration, here’s what they are treating their loved ones to. Jan’s…