Eastham Woods was the location of an extensive Victorian Pleasure Gardens between the 1840s and the 1920s. In this talk, David Mottram will take us on a journey through the woods and we will learn what remarkable attractions were on offer to visitors, particularly on ferry boat trips from Liverpool. Attractions included floral and zoological gardens, circus acts, such as the tightrope walker Blondin (who had walked across Niagara Falls), a boating lake, a water chute and a loop-the-loop railway. He will also describe what evidence of these attractions still remain, such as the famous Bear Pit.