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 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
Metropolitan boroughs
Merseyside contains the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and the Wirral.

Economy
This 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 AddedComponents may not sum to totals due to rounding  Agricultureincludes hunting and forestry  Industryincludes energy and construction  Servicesincludes financial intermediation services indirectly measured 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
Merseyside 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
 Anfield
 St Helens' World of Glass

References

Other websites
 Mersey Wiki
 Merseytravel website
 Merseyside Police Authority website 
 Merseyside Fire and Rescue website
 Merseyside.com local guide, A-Z, street index
 Merseyside Today - regional guide 
 Mersey Reporter History - Merseyside History


Category:Ceremonial counties of England
Category:1974 establishments in England