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Editorial policy

Last updated 20 October 2026

How WalkHilbre, made by Page & Place, sources, checks and corrects what it publishes.

How facts are sourced

We use primary sources: the RNLI, HM Coastguard, Wirral Council, Friends of Hilbre, Hilbre Bird Observatory and, for tide predictions, the National Tidal and Sea Level Facility (NTSLF) at the National Oceanography Centre. Each guide lists its sources and the date we checked them. Safety guidance was last checked on 28 August 2026.

We review the safety pages at least every six months, and sooner when a source changes or a new incident report is published.

Tide predictions are not checked by hand: they are fetched from NTSLF at most every 12 hours and shown in UK time. Weather comes from Open-Meteo and observed water levels from the Environment Agency.

How times are calculated

A calculated window opens 3 hours after an NTSLF predicted high water and closes 3½ hours before the next one, our cautious reading of the RNLI advice. Software applies that rule to published predictions, and hides the times if the data fails its checks. The full method is on how WalkHilbre calculates the crossing window.

An estimate — not permission to cross. Check the Dee Lane noticeboard before setting out.

Independence

No organisation we cite pays us or has asked us to publish anything. WalkHilbre is not Wirral Council, the RNLI, HM Coastguard or an official tide authority. Links to Page & Place are promotion for the studio that made the site, and we say so where they appear.

Corrections

If you think something is wrong, tell us through the contact page. We check the claim against the source, correct confirmed errors promptly and update the page’s last-updated date. Where a correction affects safety, we fix it first.

More about the people and data behind the site is on the about page. The RNLI’s West Kirby safety advice(opens in a new tab) is the main safety source.