Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974.
Merseyside | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| Origin | 1974 (Local Government Act 1972) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Area | [convert: needs a number] |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| Density | [convert: needs a number] |
| Ethnicity | 97.1% White British 2.9% Black British, British Asian, British Chinese, British Mixed |
Merseyside is divided into two parts by the Mersey estuary: the Wirral is on the west side of the estuary upon the Wirral Peninsula; the rest of the county is on the east side. The northern part of Merseyside borders onto Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, both parts border Cheshire to the south.
The football clubs are Liverpool and Everton, which they play. Also, they played together in a derby, the Merseyside derby.
Local government
changeMetropolitan boroughs
changeMerseyside contains the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and the Wirral.
Economy
changeThis is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Merseyside at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Year | Regional Gross Value Added[1] | Agriculture[2] | Industry[3] | Services[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 10,931 | 50 | 3,265 | 7,616 |
| 2000 | 13,850 | 29 | 3,489 | 10,330 |
| 2003 | 16,173 | 39 | 3,432 | 12,701 |
Settlements
changeMerseyside is divided into two parts by the Mersey estuary, the Wirral is on the west side of the estuary, upon the Wirral Peninsula and the rest of the county is on the east side of the estuary.
The two parts are linked by two road tunnels, a railway tunnel, and the famous Mersey Ferry. Other districts that are part of the urban area (but not part of Merseyside) are Ellesmere Port and Neston and Halton. The designation "Greater Merseyside" has been adopted for the area that includes Merseyside and Halton, the term "Liverpool City-Region" is less well-defined. Most of the region was once served by the now scraped MTL Trust Holdings Ltd transport company.
Places of interest
changeReferences
changeOther websites
change- Mersey Wiki
- Merseytravel website
- Merseyside Police Authority website Archived 2019-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue website
- Merseyside.com local guide, A-Z, street index
- Merseyside Today - regional guide Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Mersey Reporter History - Merseyside History