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'''Merseyside''' is a [[conurbation]] spanning the estuary of the [[River Mersey]] in north-west [[England]]. Its core is the city of [[Liverpool]], but it also includes [[Birkenhead]] and the [[Wirral]], Bootle, Knowsley, [[St Helens]], and, more arguably, [[Southport]]. In 1974 all these areas were included in a new Metropolitan County of Merseyside; Birkenhead and the Wirral were previously part of [[Cheshire]]; the other places were in [[Lancashire]]. Merseyside County Council was abolished in 1986 but Merseyside remains a county for ceremonial purposes and also for policing, public transport, fire & civil defence and other functions.

'''Merseyside''' is a [[conurbation]] spanning the estuary of the [[River Mersey]], for statistical purposes forming a part of the [[North West of England]]. Its core is the city of [[Liverpool]], but it also includes [[Birkenhead]] and the [[Wirral]], Bootle, Knowsley, [[St Helens]], and, more arguably, [[Southport]]. In 1974 all these areas were included in a new metropolitan council area of Merseyside, spanning the south west of the county [[Lancashire]], plus the much of the Wirral peninsula in [[Cheshire]]. Merseyside County Council was abolished in 1986 but Merseyside remains a [[county for the purposes of lieutenancy]] and also for policing, public transport, fire & civil defence and other functions.

[[Category:United Kingdom Counties]]

[[Category:English counties for the purposes of lieutenancy]]