River Mersey
The River Mersey is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in England
- Also known as: “reka Mersey”, “rio Mersey”, “río Mersey”, “ποταμός Μέρζι”, “نهر مرزي”, “نهر ميرسي”, and “マージ―川”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Perch Rock Lighthouse and Floral Pavilion Theatre.
New Brighton railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Brighton and Seaforth.
River Mersey
- Categories: main stem and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.45° or 53° 27′ north
Longitude
-3.03333° or 3° 2′ west
Open location code
9C5RCXX8+XM
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“River Mersey” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Merseyrivier”
- Arabic: “نهر المرزي”
- Arabic: “نهر ميرزي”
- Basque: “Mersey”
- Belarusian: “Мерсі”
- Bulgarian: “Мърси”
- Catalan: “Mersey”
- Catalan: “Riu Mersey”
- Cebuano: “River Mersey”
- Chinese: “梅西河”
- Chinese: “默西河”
- Chuvash: “Мерси”
- Croatian: “Mersey”
- Czech: “Mersey”
- Danish: “Mersey”
- Dutch: “Mersey”
- Esperanto: “Mersey”
- Estonian: “Mersey”
- Finnish: “Mersey”
- French: “Mersey”
- Galician: “Río Mersey”
- German: “River Mersey”
- Greek: “Μέρζι”
- Hebrew: “מרזי”
- Hungarian: “Mersey”
- Icelandic: “Mersey”
- Inari Sami: “Merseyjuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Mersey”
- Irish: “Abhainn an Mersey”
- Italian: “Mersey”
- Japanese: “マージー川”
- Korean: “머지강”
- Ladin: “Mersey”
- Latin: “Murus”
- Latvian: “Mersija”
- Latvian: “Mērzi”
- Lezghian: “Мерси”
- Lithuanian: “Mersis”
- Malayalam: “മേഴ്സി നദി”
- Northern Frisian: “River Mersey”
- Northern Sami: “Merseyjohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mersey”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mersey”
- Norwegian: “Mersey”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mersey”
- Persian: “رود مرزی”
- Piemontese: “Mersey (fium)”
- Piemontese: “Mersey”
- Polish: “Mersey”
- Portuguese: “Rio Mersey”
- Russian: “Мерси”
- Scots: “River Mersey”
- Serbian: “Мерзи”
- Serbian: “Мерси”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mersey”
- Skolt Sami: “Merseyjokk”
- Slovenian: “Mersey”
- Spanish: “Mersey”
- Spanish: “Río Mersey”
- Swedish: “Mersey”
- Tamil: “மெர்சி ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเมอร์ซีย์”
- Turkish: “Mersey Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Мерсі”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Mersey”
- Welsh: “Afon Merswy”
- Western Frisian: “Mersey”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Waterloo and Wallasey.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Alexandra Dock and Langton Dock.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.
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