Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a city in United Kingdom with a population of about 325,264.
Birkenhead is an industrial port town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Merseyside in 1974. At the 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 109,835.
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About Birkenhead
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Continent | Europe |
| Explore | ENG |
| Population | 325,264 |
| Local currency | GBP |
| Coordinates | 53.3934, -3.0148 |
| Time zone | Europe/London |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Large city |
| Distance to the capital | 287 km · London |
| Population (United Kingdom) | #16 most populated in United Kingdom |
| Where on Earth | 53°23′36″N · 3°0′53″W |
| Hemisphere | N · W |
| Distance to the equator | 5,944 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 4,075 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Magnitogorsk (Russia) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -53.39, 176.99 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| London | 287 km |
| Paris | 628 km |
| Moscow | 2,594 km |
| Cairo | 3,786 km |
| New York | 5,323 km |
| Dubai | 5,702 km |
📍 What to see nearby
Soho's
clothes
Uniqlo
clothes
Carvela
bag
Coral
bookmaker
Oxfam
charity
Dingle Mount Church
place of worship
Elegance
clothes
Bromborough Civic Hall & Library
library
Brotherton Park Ranger Centre
attraction
Everyman Bistro
restaurant
The Bluecoat
gallery
Kismat
restaurant