Civil parishes in Merseyside
List of civil parishes and unparished areas
Table:
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Name

Status

Population

District

Former local authority

Refs

Cronton
Civil parish
1,379
Knowsley
Whiston
Rural District
[12]
[13]

Halewood
Town
20,309
Knowsley
Whiston
Rural District
[12]
[13]

Huyton with Roby
Unparished area
49,859
Knowsley
Huyton with Roby
Urban District
[14]
[15]

Kirkby
Unparished area
40,374
Knowsley
Kirkby
Urban District
[16]
[17]

Knowsley
Civil parish
11,343
Knowsley
Whiston
Rural District
[12]
[13]

Prescot
Town
11,184
Knowsley
Prescot
Urban District
[18]
[13]

Tarbock
Unparished area (Parish Council abolished 1 April 2014)
2,382
Knowsley
Whiston
Rural District
[12]
[13]

Whiston
Town
13,629
Knowsley
Whiston
Rural District
[12]
[13]

Liverpool
Unparished area
439,473
Liverpool
Liverpool
County Borough
[19]
[20]

Aintree Village
Civil parish
7,126
Sefton
West Lancashire
Rural District
[21]
[22]

Bootle
Unparished area
59,011
Sefton
Bootle
County Borough
[23]
[24]

Crosby
Unparished area
45,872
Sefton
Crosby
Municipal Borough
[25]
[26]

Formby
Civil parish
23,586
Sefton
Formby
Urban District
[27]
[28]
[29]

Hightown
Civil parish
2,247
Sefton
Crosby
Municipal Borough
[25]
[22]

Ince Blundell
Civil parish
518
Sefton
West Lancashire
Rural District
[21]
[22]

Litherland
Unparished area
18,629
Sefton
Litherland
Urban District
[30]
[31]

Little Altcar
Civil parish
892
Sefton
West Lancashire
Rural District
[21]
[22]

Lydiate
Civil parish
6,672
Sefton
West Lancashire
Rural District
[21]
[22]

Maghull
Town
22,225
Sefton
West Lancashire
Rural District
[21]
[22]

Melling
Civil parish
2,810
Sefton
West Lancashire
Rural District
[21]
[22]

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Cronton is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley , Merseyside , in England . The village is surrounded by green belt land . Over the county border in Cheshire , Widnes town centre is 2.3 miles ( 3.7 km ) to the south-southeast .
The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside , England . It comprises the towns and districts of Kirkby , Prescot , Huyton , Whiston , Halewood , Cronton and Stockbridge Village ; Kirkby , Huyton , and Prescot being the major commercial centres . It takes its name from the village of Knowsley , though its headquarters are in Huyton . It forms part of the wider Liverpool City Region . The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Huyton-with-Roby Urban District , Kirkby Urban District and Prescot Urban District , along with most of Whiston Rural District and a small part of West Lancashire Rural District , all from the administrative county of Lancashire . It is known for Knowsley Hall and Knowsley Safari Park .
Whiston Rural District was a rural district of the administrative county of Lancashire , England . It was created in 1895 by renaming the Prescot Rural District when the parish of Prescot was removed from that rural district and created a separate urban district . Later the parish of Speke was incorporated into the City of Liverpool and Ditton into the Municipal Borough of Widnes . In 1922 the parish of Kirkby was added from the disbanded Sefton Rural District and removed again in 1958 when it was created a separate urban district . It was named after and administered from Whiston . In 1934 and 1954 parts of Windle and Eccleston were removed and placed in St Helens CB The district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974 . Its ten civil parishes were split between the Merseyside metropolitan boroughs of Knowsley and St Helens and the Cheshire boroughs of Halton and Warrington as follows :
Halewood is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside , England . It lies near the city of Liverpool 's southeastern boundary , bordered by the suburbs of Netherley , Hunt 's Cross and Woolton . Historically a part of Lancashire , Halewood originated as a small village that later became absorbed by residential development as a suburb of Liverpool . Between the 1950s and 1970s the area developed as a housing overspill for the city . Halewood 's population during this time increased from just over 6,000 to over 19,000 people . At the 2001 Census , the population of the civil parish was 20,309 , remaining similar at the 2011 Census . The combined population of Halewood 's four local government wards was 29,217 .
Huyton ( /ˈhaɪtən/ HY-tən ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley , Merseyside , England . Part of the Liverpool Urban Area , it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot , Knotty Ash and Belle Vale , and the neighbouring village of Roby , with which it formed Huyton with Roby Urban District between 1894 and 1974 . Historically in Lancashire , Huyton was an ancient parish which in the mid-19th century contained Croxteth Park , Knowsley and Tarbock in addition to the township of Huyton-with-Roby . It was part of the hundred of West Derby , an ancient subdivision of Lancashire , covering the southwest of the county .
Huyton with Roby Urban District was a local government district in Lancashire , England from 1894 to 1974 . It consisted of the civil parish of Huyton with Roby which comprised the settlements of Huyton and Roby . It replaced the Huyton with Roby urban sanitary district . In 1974 it was abolished and its former area was transferred to Merseyside to be combined with that of Kirkby Urban District , Prescot Urban District , parts of Whiston Rural District and parts of West Lancashire Rural District to form the present-day Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley .
Kirkby ( /ˈkɜːrbi/ ( listen ) KUR-bee ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley , Merseyside , England . Historically in Lancashire , it developed from the 1950s to the 1970s as a housing overspill of Liverpool . It is roughly 5 miles ( 8 km ) north of Huyton and 6 miles ( 10 km ) north-east of Liverpool . The population in 2011 was 40,472 . It is believed to have been founded in 870 although there is archaeological evidence for settlement from the Bronze Age .
Knowsley is a large village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley , Merseyside , England , commonly known as Knowsley Village . Historically part of Lancashire , at the 2001 Census it had a population of 11,343 . It gave its name to the wider borough when it was formed in 1974 . The parish includes Knowsley Hall and Knowsley Safari Park . There are three main built-up areas in the parish : the village of Knowsley , the nearby business park in the north west , and in the south-west a suburban area including Stockbridge Village and the northern fringe of Huyton . To the west of Knowsley is the area of Woolfall Heath .
Prescot is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside , England . Historically part of Lancashire , it lies about eight miles ( 13 km ) to the east of Liverpool city centre . At the 2001 Census , the civil parish population was 11,184 ( 5,265 males , 5,919 females ) . The population of the larger Prescot East and West wards at the 2011 census totalled 14,139 . Prescot marks the beginning of the A58 road which runs through to Wetherby , near Leeds in West Yorkshire . The town is served by Prescot railway station and Eccleston Park railway station .
Tarbock is a village and former civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley , in Merseyside , England . It is situated to the south east of Huyton and to the east of Netherley . The village itself is 6 miles ( 9.7 km ) from Liverpool city centre , 3.5 miles ( 5.6 km ) from Widnes and 2 miles ( 3.2 km ) from Prescot . The M62 motorway junction 6 is in the area and is more familiarly called Tarbock Island . At the 2001 Census , the population of Tarbock was 2,382 ( 1,146 males , 1,236 females ) . The parish council was abolished on 1 April 2014 .
Whiston is a large village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside , England . At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 13,629 , ( 6,560 males and 7,069 females ) , increasing to 14,263 at the 2011 Census . A new village , Halsnead Garden Village , has been proposed with government support , and will be located in the Halsnead area of the town . The new village will contain over 1500 houses , a primary school , a country park and various community and leisure facilities . Construction will cost around £270m .
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside , England . As of 2018 , the population is approximately 494,814 . Liverpool is the ninth-largest English district by population , and the largest in Merseyside and the Liverpool City Region . It lies within the United Kingdom 's sixth-most populous urban area . Liverpool 's metropolitan area is the fifth-largest in the United Kingdom , with a population of 2.24 million . Liverpool is on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary , and historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the southwest of the county of Lancashire in North West England . It became a borough in 1207 and a city in 1880 . In 1889 , it became a county borough independent of Lancashire . Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution . Along with handling general cargo , freight , and raw materials such as coal and cotton , the city merchants were involved in the Atlantic slave trade . In the 19th century , it was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America . Liverpool was home to both the Cunard and White Star Line , and was the port of registry of the ocean liners RMS Titanic , RMS Lusitania , RMS Queen Mary , and RMS Olympic .
Aintree is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , Merseyside . Historically in Lancashire , it lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 road , about 5.5 miles ( 8.9 km ) north-east of Liverpool city centre , in North West England . It is best known as the site of Aintree Racecourse , which since the 19th century has staged the Grand National horserace . During the 1950s and 1960s , there was also a three-mile-long international Grand Prix motor racing circuit on the site , which used the same grandstands as the horserace . A shorter form of the racing circuit is still used for various motorsport events .
The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside , England , was formed on 1 April 1974 by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport , the municipal borough of Crosby , the urban districts of Formby and Litherland , and part of West Lancashire Rural District within the new county of Merseyside . The borough consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea which extends from Southport in the north to Bootle in the south , and an inland part to Maghull in the south-east . The district is bounded by the city of Liverpool to the south , the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley to the south-east , and West Lancashire to the east . It is named after the village and parish of Sefton , near Maghull . When the borough was created in the Local Government Act 1972 , a name was sought that would not unduly identify the borough with any of its constituent parts , particularly the former county boroughs of Bootle and Southport . The locality had strong links with both the Earl of Sefton and the Earl of Derby , resident of Knowsley Hall , and given the fact that the immediately adjacent borough was subsequently named Knowsley it seems equally likely that the choice of name was derived from the names of the local nobility . A Sefton Rural District covering some of the villages in the district existed from 1894 to 1932 .
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Bootle ( pronounced /ˈbuːtəl/ ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , Merseyside , England , which had a population of 51,394 in 2011 ; the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449 . Historically part of Lancashire , Bootle 's proximity to the River Mersey and the industrial city of Liverpool to the south saw it grow rapidly in the 1800s , first as a dormitory town for wealthy merchants , and then as a centre of commerce and industry in its own right following the arrival of the railway and the expansion of the docks and shipping industries . The town was heavily damaged in World War II with air raids against the port and other industrial targets . Post-war economic success in the 1950s and 1960s gave way to a downturn , precipitated by a reduction in the significance of Liverpool Docks internationally , and changing levels of industrialisation , coupled with the development of modern suburbs and the expansion of industries into the Merseyside hinterlands . By the 1980s , there had been a sharp spike in unemployment and population decline . Large-scale renewal projects have begun to help regenerate the local economy .
Crosby is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , in Merseyside , England . Historically in Lancashire , it is situated north of Bootle , south of Southport and Formby and west of Netherton .
Formby is a civil parish and town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , Merseyside , England , which had a population of 22,419 at the 2011 Census . Historically in Lancashire , three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book under Fornebei , Halsall , Walton and Poynton . Cockle raking and shrimp fishing lasted into the 19th century . By 1872 , the township and sub-district was made up of two chapelries ( St. Peter and St. Luke ) , Birkdale township , the hamlets of Ainsdale and Raven-Meols and Altcar parish . Formby was built on the plain adjoining the Irish Sea coast a few miles north of the Crosby channel . A commuter town for Liverpool , it is also a popular tourist destination in the summer months , with day trippers attracted to its beaches , sand dunes and wildlife , particularly the endangered red squirrel and natterjack toad . The area is conserved by the National Trust , and designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest .
Hightown is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside , England , located midway between the City of Liverpool and the coastal resort of Southport . It is 8 miles north of Liverpool city centre and is located on the coast near the boundary of the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay . The River Alt joins the sea at this point and forms an estuary . There is a pumping station on the River Alt at Altmouth , built 1972 , as part of a programme to alleviate flooding in the area . This is on the Altcar Rifle Range , a Territorial Army base originally established in 1860 by Lt. Col. Gladstone . The village is featured in 'Lancashire Life ' magazine , May 2004 'Tales of the sea at Hightown , near Southport ' pp . 150-154 by Harold Brough , photographs by John Cocks .
Ince Blundell is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside , England but historically in Lancashire . It is situated to the north of Liverpool on the A565 road and to the east of the village of Hightown . There are two associated hamlets of Lady Green and Carr Houses .
Litherland is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , Merseyside . It was an urban district , which included Seaforth and Ford . It neighbours Waterloo to the north , Seaforth to the west , and Bootle to the south and is approximately 5 miles ( 8.0 km ) north of Liverpool city centre .
Little Altcar is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton on Merseyside , on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain of England . The village has been absorbed into Formby . It has a population of 892 , increasing to 910 at the 2011 Census .
Lydiate is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton on Merseyside , England but historically in Lancashire . It is located to the north of Maghull , with which it has a common history . At the 2001 Census the civil parish of Lydiate had a population of 6,672 , reducing to 6,308 at the 2011 Census .
Maghull ( /məˈɡʌl/ mə-GUL ) is a town and civil parish in Sefton , Merseyside . Historically in Lancashire , the town is north of Liverpool and south of Ormskirk in West Lancashire . The area also contains Ashworth Hospital . Maghull had a population of 20,444 at the 2011 Census . Housing in the town is almost entirely a 20th-century settlement of semi-detached and detached housing although remains of the original town do exist . The town has had an elected council since the Local Government Act 1894 when the government set up a network of local governance across England . Following the Local Government Act 1974 , the council changed its name from a parish to a town council .
Melling is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , in Merseyside , England . At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 2,810 , rising to 3,493 at the 2011 Census . Melling Rock contains a public house as well as St Thomas and the Holy Rood , a part of the Maghull and Melling Team and the Diocese of Liverpool . The town of Waddicar , of which most of the population of Melling consists , is usually regarded as part of Melling itself and is served by the parish council which is based in the local Melling Primary School .