Wirral
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Wirral may refer to:
- Wirral PeninsulaWirral PeninsulaWirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
, a peninsula in the northwest of England, between the rivers Dee and Mersey - Metropolitan Borough of WirralMetropolitan Borough of WirralThe Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 311,200, and encompasses of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. The city of...
in Merseyside, occupying the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula - Wirral (UK Parliament constituency)Wirral (UK Parliament constituency)Wirral was a county constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system....
, a one-seat county constituency between 1885 and 1983 - Hundred of WirralHundred of WirralThe Hundred of Wirral is the ancient administrative area for the Wirral Peninsula. Its name is believed to have originated from the Hundred of Wilaveston, the historic name for Willaston, which was an important assembly point in the Wirral Hundred during the Middle Ages. The ton suffix in a place...
, the ancient administrative area for The Wirral - Wirral Rural DistrictWirral Rural DistrictWirral was a rural district in Cheshire, England from 1894 to 1933. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Wirral rural sanitary district.The parishes of Landican and Prenton became part of the county borough of Birkenhead in 1928....
, a former local government area of The Wirral between 1894 and 1933 - Wirral Urban DistrictWirral Urban DistrictWirral was an urban district in Cheshire, England from 1933 to 1974. It was created from part of the disbanded Wirral Rural District, and covered an area in the south-west of the Wirral Peninsula...
, a former local government area of The Wirral between 1933 and 1974 - Wirral Metropolitan CollegeWirral Metropolitan CollegeWirral Metropolitan College is a Further Education College situated on the Wirral Peninsula, in the north west of England.- Overview :Wirral Met is the largest provider of post 16 learning on the Wirral and is divided into three main Campuses:...
, a college of Further Education on the Wirral Peninsula