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The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 322,453 (2022), [3] and encompasses 62 square miles (161 km 2) of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby.
The Wirral can be defined both as a geographical peninsula and as a socio-cultural area. The current Metropolitan Borough of Wirral has a population of 312,293 (according to the 2001 census), [21] and covers an area of 60.35 sq mi (156.3 km 2), bounded by the Cheshire Plain, the Dee and the Mersey. The Irish Sea lies to its north west side.
The council styles itself Wirral Council rather than its full formal name of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. [ 9 ] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by Merseyside County Council .
The county was established in 1974, before which the entirety of the Wirral was in Cheshire and the remainder of the county was in Lancashire. Merseyside is notable for its sport, music, and cultural institutions. The Merseybeat genre developed in what is now the county, which has also produced many artists and bands, including the Beatles.
The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England occupies much of the Wirral Peninsula. Subcategories. This category has the ...
Birkenhead (/ ˌ b ɜːr k ən ˈ h ɛ d /) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; It was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool.
Oxton is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England.Administratively it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.Originally a village in its own right, it became part of the Municipal Borough of Birkenhead upon its creation in 1877.
Tranmere is a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively, it is within the Birkenhead and Tranmere Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the county of Cheshire.