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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in North West England
- Also known as: “the Wirral” and “Wirral”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heswall railway station and Christ Church.
Heswall railway station
Railway station
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Heswall railway station serves the town of Heswall, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is a stop on the Borderlands Line between Bidston and Wrexham Central.
Christ Church
Church
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Christ Church is in the village of Barnston, near Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church was built in 1870–71, and designed by G. E. Street. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester.
The Puddydale
Park
The Puddydale is a park and grassy area in Heswall, Wirral, England. It is on Telegraph Road, close to the main shopping area of Heswall. The land was given to the parish in 1859 by the Commissioners of Enclosure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heswall and Gayton.
Heswall
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Heswall is a town in on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it became part of Merseyside in 1974. At the time of the 2021 census, the population of the built up area, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, was 29,075.
Gayton
Village
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Gayton is a village in the Wirral district, in Merseyside, England, located between Heswall and Parkgate. At the 2001 Census, the population of Gayton stood at 3,110.
Wirral
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Wirral is in Merseyside and Cheshire in England, and partly in Flintshire in North Wales. The northern part of the peninsula contains the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, which is wholly within Merseyside.
Wirral Peninsula
- Categories: royal forest and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Wirral Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wirral penintsula”
- Breton: “Cilgwri”
- 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”
- Chinese: “维勒尔半岛”
- Czech: “Wirral”
- Danish: “Wirral-halvøren”
- Danish: “Wirral”
- Dutch: “Wirral”
- Estonian: “Wirrali poolsaar”
- French: “péninsule de Wirral”
- French: “Péninsule de Wirral”
- German: “Wirral Peninsula”
- German: “Wirral”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי וירל”
- Hungarian: “Wirral Peninsula”
- Irish: “Leithinis Wirral”
- Italian: “Penisola di Wirral”
- Italian: “Wirral”
- Japanese: “ウィラル・ペニンシュラ”
- Japanese: “ウィラル半島”
- Korean: “위랄 반도”
- Korean: “위럴반도”
- Latin: “Guiralia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Wirral”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wirral-halvøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wirralhalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wirral-halvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wirralhalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Wirralhalvøya”
- Polish: “Wirral”
- Russian: “Уиррал”
- Scots: “Wirral Peninsula”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Cilgwri”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Leth-eilean Wirral”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wirral”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Wirral”
- Spanish: “Península de Wirral”
- Swedish: “Wirral”
- Welsh: “Chilgwri”
- Welsh: “Cilgwri”
- Welsh: “Wirral”
- Welsh: “Y Wirral”
- Welsh: “Yr Wirral”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barnston and Poll Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Poll Hill and BUPA Murrayfield Hospital.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
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