The Merseyside Site
Welcome to The Merseyside Site for business, schools and colleges, local information, accommodation, news and more in this North West England county.
The main towns and boroughs include Liverpool, Sefton, Southport, Knowsley, Birkenhead, St Helens, Wirral, Bootle, Wallasey, Crosby, Formby and Kirkby.
Merseyside is a county in the North West of England, with a population around 1,365,900 residents. Its name is taken from the River Mersey and in 1974, it came into existence as a metropolitan county in after the Local Government Act of 1972.
The county has five metropolitan boroughs around the Mersey Estuary, including the City of Liverpool. The Merseyside County Council was scrapped in 1986, and its districts / boroughs now have their own authorities. However, the county still exists by law and as a frame of geographic of reference.
Merseyside is divided in two by the Mersey Estuary: the Wirral to the west of the estuary on the Wirral Peninsula; the rest of the county being on the east. The eastern boroughs border Lancashire towards the north and Greater Manchester to the east. Both parts of Merseyside - west and east of the Mersey estuary - border Cheshire towards the south.
Birkenhead and Wallasey used to be part of Cheshire, whilst St Helens, Bootle, Liverpool and Southport were one part of Lancashire.
Latest information pages:
Secondary schools in Merseyside - find
local secondary education providers.
A to Z of local businesses:
Accountants
| Advertising
Marketing and PR Agencies | Aerial
Services
Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration | Baby Products and Services
| Banks
Bathroom
Designers | Beauty
Salons |
Blinds and
Awnings | Builders
| Burglar Alarms
Car Dealers
| Car Hire |
Carpenters
and Joiners | Carpet
Cleaners | Central
Heating | Cinemas
Cleaners |
Coach Hire
| Computer
or PC Services | Couriers
| Dentists |
Doctors
Double Glazing
| Drain
/ Pipe Cleaning | Driving
Schools | Electronics
Shops | Electricians
Employment
Agencies | Estate
Agents | Flooring
Services | Florists
| Garages
Graphic
Designers | Gyms and Fitness Clubs
| Hairdressers
| Hotels | Interior
Designers
Jewellers |
Kitchen
Designers | Landscape
Gardeners | Letting
Agents | Locksmiths
Office Equipment
| Painters
and Decorators | Paving
and Driveways
Plant
and Machinery Hire | Plasterers
| Plumbers |
Post Offices
| Printers |
Pubs | Removals
Restaurants
| Roofers | Scaffolding
| Schools | Security
Services | SEO
| Sign Makers
Skip Hire |
Solicitors
| Sports Shops |
Storage | Supermarkets
| Takeaways
Taxis | Tree
Surgeons |
Tyre Dealers
| Van or Truck
Hire | Vets
| Web Designers
Please get in touch if you run a Merseyside based business or organisation and would like to add your details to this website.
