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Birkenhead (/ ˌ b ɜːr k ən ˈ h ɛ d /) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Merseyside in 1974.
In 1847, Birkenhead's first docks and its municipal park, the first in Britain and the inspiration for New York's Central Park, were opened, and the town expanded rapidly. Bolstered by migration from Ireland, Wales and rural Cheshire, Birkenhead's population of less than one thousand in 1801 rose to over 33,000 by 1851, and to 157,000 by 1901.
Beechwood is in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, less than 3 km (1.9 mi) south-south-east of the Irish Sea at Leasowe, about 7 km (4.3 mi) east-north-east of the Dee Estuary at West Kirby and about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) west of the River Mersey at Seacombe. The area is situated at an elevation of between 8–26 m (26–85 ft) above sea level.
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 .
Prenton is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England.Administratively, it is also a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the county of Cheshire.
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.
Cheshire (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ər,-ɪər / CHESH-ər, -eer) [3] is a ceremonial county in North West England.It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary.
Woodchurch is on the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England. Administratively, Woodchurch is within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, its parliamentary constituency is Wirral West, and its local council ward is Upton. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 8,400 (3,840 males, 4,560 females). [1]