Merseyside

 is a metropolitan county in North West England. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool. Merseyside, which was created on April 1st, 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act of 1972, takes its name from the River Mersey.

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 * Liverpool: Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880.

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