This is the moment the army blew up a suspected World War II bomb after a seaside town was put into lockdown.

The controlled explosion took place in New Brighton of the Wirral, Merseyside, in a park known as The Dips, just after 2pm today (12).

Rail services were terminated and roads were closed after the device was found in a park at around 10.30am.

Paul Boyd, 60, whose flat overlooks the area, filmed the explosion from his home.

Paul, an education consultant, said: "I saw that the police and fire services had blocked off all of the roads in the area and started filming. "

"The explosion was much larger than I thought it would be – I thought it’d be more of a thud rather than such a large bang."

"It’s not something you see everyday."



"I believe it’s a World War Two bomb."

"This area was bombed quite heavily as it’s by the Liverpool docks. "

Merseyside Police said:

"We can confirm we received a report of what is believed to be an unexploded ordnance device in New Brighton today, Tuesday 12th March."



"At around 10.05am we received a report that the device had been found in an area near Coastal Drive. "

"The Army’s EOD team have been notified. "

"There are road closures in place while the matter is being dealt with and people are advised to avoid the area. Local train services have also been affected."