Crosby, Merseyside

Crosby is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.  It used to be in Lancashire.  It is about 6 miles (9.6 km) north of Liverpool.

It grew because of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway which opened in 1848.  

At the 2001 UK census, Crosby had a population of 51,789. On Crosby beach is  Antony Gormley's art installation Another Place. 


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Category:Towns in Merseyside
Category:Metropolitan Borough of Sefton