Removal Companies : Wirral, Cheshire

Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded to the west by the River Dee, which forms the boundary with Wales.

Wirral can be defined as both a geographical peninsula and socio-cultural area. The current Metropolitan Borough of Wirral covers an area of 60.35 square miles, bounded by the Cheshire Plain, the River Dee and the River Mersey. The Irish Sea lies to its north west side. The Shropshire Union Canal joins the River Mersey at Ellesmere Port and the River Dee at Chester. This makes the geographical peninsula, as a technicality, an island.

he major urban centres of Wirral are to its east; these include Birkenhead and Wallasey. To the west and south, Wirral is more rural. Two thirds of the population of Wirral live on one third of the land - in Birkenhead and Wallasey, according to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

Postcode areas in Wirral : CH47, CH48, CH49, CH60, CH61, CH62, CH63.

Phone Dialling Code : 0151

Population: 309,500 (est., 2008)

Coordinates: (approx)
Latitude: 53.395°N - Longitude: 3.169°W

Local Areas: Birkenhead, Holywell, Liverpool, Moreton, Prenton, Wallasey

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