Metropolitan Borough of Wirral

Borough of Wirral
Borough of Wirral
Metropolitan borough
	Wallasey Town Hall
	Coat of arms
	Motto: By faith and foresight
	Wirral shown within Merseyside
	Coordinates: 53°21′24″N 3°03′49″W / 53.3568°N 3.0635°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county	Merseyside
City region	Liverpool
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named after	Wirral Peninsula
Administrative HQ	Wallasey Town Hall
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Wirral Council
• Executive	Committee system
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Paul Stuart (L)
• Civic Mayor	Jerry Williams
• MPs	3 MPs Angela Eagle (L) ; Alison McGovern (L) ; Matthew Patrick (L) ;
Area
• Total	253 km2 (98 sq mi)
• Land	161 km2 (62 sq mi)
• Rank	161st
Population (2024)
• Total	328,873
• Rank	40th
• Density	2,044/km2 (5,290/sq mi)
Demonyms	Wirralian; Wirralite (colloq.);
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 95.2% White ; 2.3% Asian ; 1.5% Mixed ; 0.4% Black ; 0.6% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 55.0% Christianity ; 37.3% no religion ; 1.0% Islam ; 0.4% Hinduism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.4% other ; 5.3% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	CH41–49; CH60–63;
Dialling code	0151
ISO 3166 code	GB-WRL
GSS code	E08000015
Website	wirral.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 328,873 (2024), and encompasses 62 square miles (161 km²) of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. It is one of the six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority area with a population of more than 1.5 million.

Wirral is England's westernmost metropolitan borough, faced by the City of Liverpool to the northeast over the River Mersey.