NewsLiverpool NewsBirkenheadThe nearly 200-year old market will soon have a new home17:58, 06 Jul 2026Work on the new Birkenhead Market is finally set to begin in the coming days. Construction and fit out work is due to start at the former TJ Hughes in the town's Pyramids shopping centre.‌The former discount department store in Birkenhead town centre will become the new home of the historic shopping market, which dates back to the 1830s. The move follows scuppered plans to move the market from Grange Precinct into the former Argos store on Princes Pavements.‌In late 2025, Wirral Council’s Economy, Regeneration and Housing Committee agreed to move market traders individually, or collectively, to refurbished units within the town centre, and then to demolish the existing market to make the s