Wirral | ||
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Metropolitan borough | ||
Wallasey Town Hall
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Wirral shown within Merseyside |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Constituent country | England | |
Region | North West England | |
Ceremonial county | Merseyside | |
Established | 1 April 1974 | |
Administrative HQ | Wallasey (Town Hall) | |
Government | ||
• Type | Metropolitan Borough | |
• Body | Wirral Council | |
• Leadership | Leader and cabinet | |
• Executive | Labour | |
• Leader | Phil Davies | |
• Mayor | Les Rowlands | |
• MPs |
Frank Field (L) Angela Eagle (L) Alison McGovern (L) Margaret Greenwood (L) |
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Area | ||
• Total | 60.7 sq mi (157.1 km2) | |
Area rank | 185th | |
Population (mid-2015 est.) | ||
• Total | 320,900 | |
• Rank | Ranked 27th | |
• Density | 5,290/sq mi (2,043/km2) | |
• Ethnicity | 98.3% white | |
Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | |
• Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) | |
Postcode area | CH | |
Dialling code | 0151 | |
ISO 3166 code | GB-WRL | |
GSS code | E08000015 | |
NUTS 3 code | UKD74 | |
ONS code | 00CB | |
Website | www.wirral.gov.uk |
The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 320,295, and encompasses 60 square miles (160 km2) of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. The city of Liverpool over the Mersey, faces the northeastern side of Wirral. Bordering is the River Mersey to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and the River Dee to the west; the borough of Cheshire West and Chester occupies the remainder of the Wirral Peninsula and borders the borough of Wirral to the south.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Wirral at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
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