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Merseyside
- from the city to the sea
The city of Liverpool,
with its Beattles connections and historic past related to
the sea dominates Mersyside, and welcomes tourists to this
area with its many attractions to visit, either on a city
break or longer.
Bordering
Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Cheshire Mersyside is named
after the River Mersey, its estuary dividing the area in two,
with The Wirral situated on the Wirral Peninsula to the west,
and the rest of the Merseyside located to the east.
Linking
the two areas are two road tunnels, a rail tunnel and the
famous Mersey Ferry.
The
county council was abolished in 1986 and separated into the
boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and The
Wirral, Merseyside still exists as a ceremonial county.
If
you visit here the real contrasts are with the Liverpool cityscape
and the Mersyside coastal areas, the latter often still wild
and unspoilt - such as the dunes south of the seaside tourist
resort of Southport
at Formby.
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