A council has been forced to take action over “serious concerns of ongoing criminality” and “drug dealing” at a burned-out former hotel.
The Central Hotel, on Clifton Crescent in Birkenhead, Wirral, closed down in 2013 and has remained unoccupied since. It has “become a hotspot for nuisance and criminality” according to Wirral Council
In 2016, a f ire engulfed the ground floor of the hotel but firefighters were quickly able to contain the flames to one floor. Since then, the building has continued to decline and “is increasingly in a state of disrepair.”
