Merseyside tourist information

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.