Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in the North West of England. It consists of the city of Liverpool and the boroughs of Knowsley, Sefton and St.Helens on the east of the River Mersey, and the borough of Wirral, which is part of the peninsula of the same name, on the west of the River Mersey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Liverpool and Birkenhead.
Liverpool
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Liverpool is a big city in Merseyside, England, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, famed for its football teams, the Grand National horse race, music, vibrant nightlife and its links with the arts and culture.
Birkenhead
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Birkenhead is a town on Merseyside, England, on the Wirral peninsula in the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, across the River Mersey from Liverpool.
St Helens
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St Helens is a town in Merseyside in England, 14 miles northeast of Liverpool. It was historically part of Lancashire, but in 1974 became a separate metropolitan borough.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Southport and Bootle.
Southport
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Southport is a large tourist town of 91,703 on the coast, just north of Liverpool. It is in the borough of Sefton in Merseyside. It is in the historic county of Lancashire.
Bootle
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Bootle is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011; the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449.
Wallasey
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Wallasey is on the Wirral peninsula in Merseyside and includes the seaside resort of New Brighton and the district areas of Liscard, Poulton, Egremont and Seacombe.
Crosby
Crosby is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. it is north of Bootle, south of Southport and Formby, and west of Netherton.
Newton-le-Willows
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Newton-le-Willows is a town in Merseyside, England. It is famous for industry, from biscuits to railway locomotives to tanks, made in the Vulcan Foundry.
Formby
Formby is a small, affluent town in Merseyside. Formby's sleepy atmosphere, wealthy residents, and National Trust Reserve make it a popular destination for tourists in the summer months.
Heswall
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Heswall is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It was historically part of Cheshire and became part of Merseyside in 1974.
Central North Wirral
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Central North Wirral covers Greasby, Frankby, Irby, Upton, Moreton, Woodchurch and Leasowe, a group of large villages on the Wirral peninsula in Merseyside. Landican and Saughall Massie are also part of the area.
Port Sunlight
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Port Sunlight is on the Wirral peninsula in Merseyside. Port Sunlight is a model village with 900 Grade II listed buildings, the Sunlight Soap Museum and Lady Lever Art Gallery.
West Kirby
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West Kirby is on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside. Hoylake is an idyllic seaside town overlooking the Irish Sea with views of Wales, Hilbre Island and Liverpool. International tourism booms during major golf tournaments at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
Bromborough
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Bromborough is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England, on the Wirral Peninsula south-east of Bebington and north of Eastham.
Merseyside
- Type: Region with 1,410,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan county in North West England
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County Merseyside”
- Neighbors: Cheshire, Clwyd, Greater Manchester, and Lancashire
- Categories: metropolitan county and ceremonial county of England
- Location: North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Merseyside” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Merseyside”
- Arabic: “مرزيسايد”
- Aragonese: “Merseyside”
- Armenian: “Մերսիսայդ”
- Asturian: “Merseyside”
- Azerbaijani: “Mersisayd”
- Balinese: “Merseyside”
- Basque: “Merseyside”
- Belarusian: “Графства Мерсісайд”
- Belarusian: “Мерсісайд”
- Belarusian: “Мэрсісайд”
- Bengali: “মার্সেসাইড”
- Breton: “Merseyside”
- Bulgarian: “Мърсисайд”
- Catalan: “Merseyside”
- Cebuano: “Merseyside”
- Chinese: “Merseyside”
- Chinese: “馬獅世特郡”
- Chinese: “默西”
- Chinese: “默西塞德郡”
- Chinese: “默西賽德郡”
- Chinese: “默西赛德郡”
- Cornish: “Merseyside”
- Czech: “Merseyside”
- Danish: “Merseyside”
- Dutch: “Merseyside”
- Esperanto: “Merseyside”
- Estonian: “Merseyside”
- Finnish: “Merseyside”
- French: “Merseyside”
- Galician: “Merseyside”
- German: “Merseyside”
- Greek: “Μέρζισαϊντ”
- Gujarati: “મર્સીસાઇડ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Merseyside”
- Hebrew: “מרזיסייד”
- Hindi: “मर्सीसाइड”
- Hungarian: “Merseyside”
- Icelandic: “Merseyside”
- Indonesian: “Merseyside”
- Irish: “Merseyside”
- Italian: “Merseyside”
- Japanese: “マージーサイド”
- Kannada: “ಮರ್ಸಿಸೈಡ್”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Mersisayd”
- Kazakh: “Мерсисайд”
- Korean: “머지사이드주”
- Ladin: “Merseyside”
- Latin: “Merseyside”
- Latvian: “Mersisaida”
- Latvian: “Mērzisaida”
- Lezghian: “Мерсисайд”
- Lithuanian: “Mersisaidas”
- Luxembourgish: “Merseyside”
- Macedonian: “Мерсисајд”
- Malay: “Merseyside”
- Malayalam: “മെഴ്സിസൈഡ്”
- Manx: “Merseyside”
- Marathi: “मर्सिसाइड”
- Marathi: “मर्सीसाइड”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Merseyside”
- Northern Frisian: “Merseyside”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Merseyside”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Merseyside”
- Norwegian: “Merseyside”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Merseyside”
- Ossetian: “Мерсисайд”
- Persian: “مرزیساید”
- Polish: “Merseyside”
- Portuguese: “Merseyside”
- Romanian: “Merseyside”
- Russian: “Мерсисайд”
- Scots: “Merseyside”
- Serbian: “Мерзисајд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Merseyside”
- Slovak: “Merseyside”
- Slovenian: “Merseyside”
- Spanish: “Merseyside”
- Swedish: “Merseyside”
- Tajik: “Мерсисайд”
- Tamil: “மேற்செயஸிட்”
- Telugu: “మెర్సీసైడ్”
- Thai: “เมอร์ซีย์ไซด์”
- Turkish: “Merseyside”
- Turkish: “Törensel Merseyside Metropoliten Kontluğu”
- Ukrainian: “Мерсісайд”
- Urdu: “مرزیسائڈ”
- Urdu: “مرسے سائیڈ”
- Venetian: “Merseyside”
- Vietnamese: “Merseyside”
- Vlaams: “Merseyside”
- Volapük: “Merseyside”
- Waray (Philippines): “Merseyside”
- Welsh: “Glannau Mersi”
- Welsh: “Glannau Merswy”
- Western Frisian: “Merseyside”
- Western Panjabi: “مرسیسائیڈ”
- Wu Chinese: “默西赛德郡”
- Xhosa: “Merseyside”
- Yiddish: “מערזיסייד”
- Yue Chinese: “默西”
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