Wirral Peninsula
The Wirral Peninsula, known locally as the Wirral, is a peninsula in North West England. The roughly rectangular peninsula is about 15 miles long and 7 miles wide, and is bounded by the Dee Estuary to the west, the Mersey Estuary to the east and Liverpool Bay to the north.
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in North West England
- Also known as: “Chilgwri”, “Peninsula de Wirral”, “the Wirral”, “The Wirral”, “Y Wirral”, “Yr Wirral”, “위랄 반도”, “ウィラル・ペニンシュラ”, and “维勒尔半岛”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Heswall railway station and Christ Church.
Heswall railway station
Railway station
Christ Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heswall and Gayton.
Wirral Peninsula
- Categories: royal forest and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.33333° or 53° 20′ north
Longitude
-3.08333° or 3° 5′ west
Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)
Open location code
9C5R8WM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Wirral Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wirral penintsula”
- Breton: “Ledenez Wirral”
- Catalan: “península de Wirral”
- Cebuano: “Wirral (lawis)”
- Cebuano: “Wirral”
- Chinese: “威勒尔半岛”
- Chinese: “威勒爾半島”
- Chinese: “維勒爾半島”
- Chinese: “維拉爾半島”
- Czech: “Wirral”
- Danish: “Wirral-halvøren”
- Danish: “Wirral”
- Dutch: “Wirral”
- Estonian: “Wirrali poolsaar”
- French: “péninsule de Wirral”
- French: “Péninsule de Wirral”
- German: “Wirral”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי וירל”
- Hungarian: “Wirral Peninsula”
- Irish: “Leithinis Wirral”
- Italian: “Penisola di Wirral”
- Japanese: “ウィラル半島”
- Korean: “위럴반도”
- Kurdish: “Wirral Peninsula”
- Latin: “Guiralia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wirralhalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wirral-halvøya”
- Norwegian: “Wirralhalvøya”
- Polish: “Wirral”
- Russian: “Уиррал”
- Scots: “Wirral Peninsula”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Cilgwri”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Leth-eilean Wirral”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wirral”
- Spanish: “Península de Wirral”
- Swedish: “Wirral”
- Turkish: “Wirral Yarımadası”
- Welsh: “Cilgwri”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Barnston and Poll Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Poll Hill and BUPA Murrayfield Hospital.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.
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