WIRRAL'S secret swingers’ club which offers its members nights of 'sexual adventure' has submitted a licensing application with some rather curious opening hours.

Townhouse, which hosts events with colourful titles including BDSM, ’50 Shades of Wahay’ and ‘Birthday with a Bang Swinging Party’, has applied for one of Wirral Council’s sexual entertainment venue licences.

The club in Birkenhead, which claims to have 20,000 members, has applied for some unusual opening hours, particularly on a Monday, when it wants to operate between 10.30am and 3.30pm.

Its website reveals this to be when a monthly ‘MILF Monday’ event will take place.

If approved by the council’s licensing panel on October 24, Sunday opening hours will be 2pm until midnight, with the website also revealing events planned include a ‘Whimper FemDom Event’.

Proposed opening hours on other days include 7pm until 12.30am on Tuesdays, 7.30pm until 1.30am on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 8.30pm until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays.

No objections were submitted to the consultation over the Union Street club’s plans.

The club has been operating since 2005.

The owners said the venue offers a 'no-pressure environment for you to explore your sexual fantasies and broaden your horizons in the knowledge that you will be safe and respected by all.'

One woman, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke of her experiences at the kink and fetish venue: “It’s like an underground society, it’s crazy.

“This community is vast, it links with clubs in other parts of the UK and people travel to different cities to mix it up.

“And it’s not just a swingers club, there’s every fetish you can imagine, a dungeon, all kinds.

“I went out of curiosity – and it just sucked me in.

"It gave me confidence like you wouldn’t believe and I actually made really good friends.”

Owners Vicky and Jim, who took over Townhouse in 2012, said the venue is a safe space for people from all walks of life to socialise and meet others.

It is ranked one of the top in the country for cleanliness, professionalism and inclusive events.

It comes after the council’s licensing panel agreed to a list of rules governing how sexual entertainment venues should be run.

A list of more than 60 rules included how door staff are managed, records are kept, CCTV is operated and information stored, as well as how performers are treated.

The website of the club, which currently just has a premises licence permitting alcohol sales, regulated entertainment and late night refreshment, describes it as 'four floors of fun.'

It adds: “We are nestled in a quiet corner of the Wirral and although we are discreet to the passing public, we do not hide under the radar from the authorities and work closely with the council, police and public health to ensure that all of the correct licences are in place, to facilitate a safe, legal and pleasurable experience for all.

“For this reason, only the best will do and as soon as you walk into Townhouse you will see very high standards, setting us aside from some of the other venues out there.”

And it follows the controversy surrounding Peachez Gentlemen’s Club also in Birkenhead.

The lap dancing venue was refused permission to continue operations earlier this year, but was then allowed to stay open following an appeal, with the planning inspectorate ruling Wirral Council had made 'vague and generalised assertions' about the venue.