Merseyside

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Metropolitan county of northwest England, created in 1974; in 1986, most of the functions of the former county council were transferred to metropolitan borough councils (The Wirral, Sefton, Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens).

Area
650 sq km/251 sq mi

Towns and cities
Liverpool, Bootle, Birkenhead, St Helens, Wallasey, Southport

Physical
River Mersey

Features
Merseyside Innovation Centre (MIC), linked with Liverpool and John Moores Universities; Prescot Museum of clock- and watch-making; Speke Hall (Tudor), and Croxteth Hall and Country Park (a working country estate open to the public); Port Sunlight (a garden village for the Lever soap factory workers)

Industries
brewing, chemicals, electrical goods, glassmaking, metal-working, pharmaceutical products, tanning, vehicles

Population
(2001) 1,362,000

Famous people
the Beatles, William Ewart Gladstone, George Stubbs

The flag was selected following a design competition. The waves represent the Pacific Ocean. Effective date: 12 July 1979. >>