Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in the of . 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 , on the west of the River Mersey.
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is a big city in Merseyside, famed for its football teams, the Grand National horse race, music, vibrant nightlife, and its links with the arts and culture.

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is a town on Merseyside, , on the peninsula in the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, across the River Mersey from .

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is a town in Merseyside in England, 14 miles northeast of Liverpool. It was historically part of , but in 1974 became a separate metropolitan borough.

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is a large tourist town of 91,703 on the coast, just north of . It is in the borough of Sefton in Merseyside. It is in the historic county of .

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is a town in the , Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011. It is part of the Liverpool City Region.

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is on the peninsula in Merseyside and includes the seaside resort of New Brighton and the district areas of Liscard, Poulton, Egremont and Seacombe.

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is a coastal town in the , Merseyside, . it is north of , south of and , and west of .

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is a town in Merseyside, . It is famous for industry, from biscuits to railway locomotives to tanks, made in the Vulcan Foundry.

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is a small, affluent town in Merseyside. 's sleepy atmosphere, wealthy residents, and National Trust Reserve make it a popular destination for tourists in the summer months.

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is a town on the , England. Historically part of , 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.

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covers Greasby, Frankby, Irby, Upton, Moreton, Woodchurch and Leasowe, a group of large villages on the peninsula in Merseyside. Landican and Saughall Massie are also part of the area.

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is on the peninsula in Merseyside. is a model village with 900 Grade II listed buildings, the Sunlight Soap Museum and Lady Lever Art Gallery.

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is on the 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.

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is a town in the , Merseyside, England, on the south-east of and north of .

Merseyside

Latitude of center
53.4° or 53° 24′ north
Longitude of center
-3.0833° or 3° 5′ west
Population
1,410,000
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MYD
Geo­Names ID
2642713
Wiki­data ID
Q23100
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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”
  • Ido: “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 Nynorsk: “Merseyside”
  • Norwegian: “Merseyside”
  • Ossetian: “Мерсисайд”
  • Persian: “مرزیساید”
  • Polish: “Merseyside”
  • Portuguese: “Merseyside”
  • Romanian: “Merseyside”
  • Russian: “Мерсисайд”
  • Scots: “Merseyside”
  • Serbian: “Мерзисајд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Merseyside”
  • Slovak: “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”
  • Uzbek: “Mersisayd”
  • 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”
  • “Merseyside”

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