Borough of Wirral
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Merseyside
Area: - Total	Ranked 208th 157.05 km²
Admin. HQ:	Wallasey
ONS code:	00CB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 13th 310,209 1,975 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.3% White
Politics
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.wirral.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	All party
MPs:	Ben Chapman, Angela Eagle, Frank Field, Stephen Hesford

Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies part of the Wirral peninsular more commonly known locally as The Wirral.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough has a population of about 312,000 in an area of 60 square miles (155 km²). It faces Liverpool over the River Mersey to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and the River Dee to the west. The main towns in the borough are Birkenhead and Wallasey

Wirral Metropolitan Borough forms the most north-westerly part of the traditional county of Cheshire, and was once a hundred.

External link

• Photos of New Brighton on the Wirral