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Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool. Merseyside, which was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, takes its name from the River Mersey.
Merseyside spans 249 square miles (645 km2) of land which border Lancashire (to the north-east), Greater Manchester (to the east), and Cheshire (to the south and south-west); the Irish Sea is to the west. North Wales is across the Dee Estuary. There is a mix of high density urban areas, suburbs, semi-rural and rural locations in Merseyside, but overwhelmingly the land use is urban.
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Template:/box-header Places: Liverpool • Birkenhead • Southport • Wallasey
Sights: Albert Dock • Anfield • Goodison Park • The Cavern Club • The Casbah Coffee Club • Cunard Building • Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral • U-534 • Pier Head • Liverpool Empire Theatre
History: Port Sunlight • Museum of Liverpool • Wirral Transport Museum • Speke Hall
Geography & Transport: North Wirral Foreshore • Merseyrail • Mersey Ferry • Dee Estuary • Wirral Tramway • River Mersey
People: John Lennon • Daniel Craig • Brian Epstein • Mona Best • George Harrison • Paul McCartney • Rory Storm
Lists: List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Merseyside • Grade I listed churches in Merseyside • List of Liverpool F.C. players • List of Everton F.C. managers • Grade I listed buildings in Merseyside Template:/box-footer
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