Merseyside

Merseyside

Liverpool Sefton Knowsley St. Helens Wirral

Merseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the 1974 local government reform. It is in the north of England, on the River Mersey, composed of the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral.

In 1986 its county council was abolished, and so its boroughs are unitary authorities, although Merseyside still exists legally, and as a ceremonial county.

Towns and villages

• Ainsdale
• Bebington, Bidston, Birkdale, Birkenhead, Bromborough
• Crosby
• Eastham
• Formby
• Haydock, Heswall, Hoylake
• Kirkby, Knowsley
• Leasowe, Liverpool
• Maghull, Melling, Meols, Moreton
• New Brighton, New Ferry
• Oxton
• Parkgate, Pensby, Port Sunlight, Prescot
• Rainford, Roby
• Seacombe, Seaforth, Southport, St. Helens
• Wallasey, West Kirby, Whiston, Woodvale

• Albert Dock
• Cavern Club
• Croxteth Hall
• Speke Hall - National Trust
• Mersey Tunnels - Queensway and Kingsway
• Tate Liverpool, a branch of the Tate Gallery
• Lady Lever Art Gallery
• Liverpool Museum
• Merseyside Maritime Museum
• Customs & Excise National Museum
• Museum of Liverpool Life
• Walker Art Gallery
• Liverpool Cathedral
• Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King
• Port Sunlight Heritage Centre
• Leasowe Castle
• Bidston Windmill
• Leasowe Lighthouse
• Hilbre Island
• North Wirral Coastal Park