The Guinness World Records held in Wirral

The new Guinness World Records book has been released and features a host of new record-breakers from across the world, including Tommy the world's tallest steer, an enormous haul of Care Bears and a woman who did 13 horseback standing jumps in just 30 seconds.

There is a Guinness World Record out there for anything and everything.

But, how many records have been broken or set in Wirral, or by Wirral residents?

Here are some that we found:

Most landlocked lighthouse

The lighthouse positioned farthest from a body of water is the Bidston Lighthouse. During the time it was active, the nearest high-water mark was 3.9 km (2.4 miles) away near Leasowe. (Erosion and dredging have since brought the high water mark to within 2.9 km (1.8 miles) of the lighthouse).

The first lighthouse was built on this location in 1771. It was rebuilt in 1873 and continued to be used until 1913.

There are many other active or formerly active lighthouses that are located a greater distance from the sea, but these are all navigation lights for inland waterways such as lakes or rivers. These other lights are located closer to the body of water they light than Bidston is to the sea.

There are also some other inland lighthouses that are either decorative or serve a purpose other than marine navigation (i.e. airway beacons), but these do not count for the purposes of this record.

The Bidston Lighthouse's unusual location was chosen because it was designed to work as part of a pair of lights (the other was located on the shore in Leasowe). Navigators heading for the docks at Liverpool could use the alignment of the upper and lower lights to gauge their ship's position in relation to the sandbars and obstacles around the mouth of the Mersey River. The light was decommissioned after shifts in the position of the sandbars made the beacons useless as a point of reference.

Bidston Lighthouse (Image: Shaun/Flickr)

Longest marathon playing touch/mini/tag rugby

The longest marathon playing touch/mini/tag rugby is 33 hr 33 min 33 sec and was achieved by Hoylake Rugby Club (UK) from 16-17 July 2021.

The attempt was in loving memory of Dan Miller with great support from the local community. Participants also raised over £14,000 for the charity WaterAid.

Hoylake Rugby Club (Image: Guinness World Records)

Oldest tuba player

On November 4 1999 Jack Samuel Hogg (b. 28 September 1903) became the oldest tuba player, regularly playing in concerts with the Heswall Concert Band since joining them in 1998 at the age of 94.

Heswall Concert Band in 2023 (Image: Craig Manning)

Most consecutive football league appearances for the same club

In 1955, Harold Bell became the player with the most consecutive football league appearances for the same club. Harold played in 401 consecutive football league games for Tranmere Rovers FC, from 1946-1955.

Harold Bell (Image: Wikipedia)

The furthest distance in 24 hours farmer’s carry 100lb (male)

More recently, Ben Haldon, 31, became the GWR holder for ‘the furthest distance in 24 hours farmer’s carry 100lb (male)’, travelling 54km, beating the previous record which stood at a little over 50km.

Ben, from Wallasey, wanted to take on the record after noticing a lump on his testicle in December 2022, which began to give him a bit of discomfort and pain and prompted him to get a check-up. He wanted to help "carry the weight" for those battling testicular cancer.

He undertook the feat on July 22 at The Oval Leisure Centre in Bebington, which was overseen by 14 witnesses.

Ben on the day (Image: PA)