Merseyside

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Merseyside
Geography
Status:	Ceremonial County
Region:	North West England
Area: - Total	Ranked 43rd 645 km²
ONS code:	2B
NUTS 2:	UKD5
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 9th 1,361,009 2,110 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.1% White
Politics
Members of Parliament
Joe Benton, Ben Chapman, Claire Curtis-Thomas, Maria Eagle, Angela Eagle, Louise Ellman, Frank Field, Stephen Hesford, George Howarth, Jane Kennedy, Peter Kilfoyle, Edward O'Hara, Robert Nelson Wareing, David Leonard Watts, Shaun Woodward
Districts
Liverpool Sefton Knowsley St Helens Wirral

Merseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the 1974 local government reform. It is in the north of England, on the River Mersey, composed of the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.

In 1986 its county council was abolished, and so its boroughs are unitary authorities, although Merseyside still exists legally, and as a ceremonial county. It borders onto Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Cheshire.

Other districts that are part of the urban area (but not part of Merseyside) are Ellesmere Port and Neston and Halton.

Uniquely among English counties, it is traditional to express location within the Merseyside area by the pronoun on, thus "on Merseyside" as opposed to "in Merseyside" (after all, one would be "on the side of the Mersey" not "in" it). However, both expressions are common in modern usage.

Towns and villages

• Ainsdale
• Bebington, Bidston, Birkdale, Birkenhead, Bootle, Bromborough
• Crosby
• Eastham
• Formby
• Halewood, Haydock, Heswall, Hoylake, Huyton
• Kirkby
• Leasowe, Liverpool
• Maghull, Melling, Meols, Moreton
• New Brighton, New Ferry
• Oxton
• Parkgate, Pensby, Port Sunlight, Prescot
• Rainford, Roby
• Seacombe, Seaforth, Sefton, Southport, St. Helens
• Wallasey, West Derby, West Kirby, Whiston, Woodvale

Places of interest

• Gambier Terrace
• Albert Dock
• Cavern Club
• Croxteth Hall
• Speke Hall - National Trust
• Mersey Tunnels - Queensway and Kingsway
• Tate Liverpool, a branch of the Tate Gallery
• Lady Lever Art Gallery
• Liverpool Museum
• Merseyside Maritime Museum
• Customs & Excise National Museum
• Museum of Liverpool Life
• Walker Art Gallery
• Liverpool Cathedral
• Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King
• Port Sunlight Heritage Centre
• Leasowe Castle
• Bidston Windmill
• Leasowe Lighthouse
• Hilbre Island
• North Wirral Coastal Park

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