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Hoylake
EntityQ2024069· pop 20· linked from 513 articles

Also known as Hoose

Hoylake () is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the north west of the Wirral Peninsula, near West Kirby and where the River Dee meets the Irish Sea. At the 2021 census, the built up area had a population of 5,315.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Hoylake
UK place.population
5,315
UK place.population_ref
(Built up area, 2021)
UK place.metropolitan_borough
Wirral
UK place.metropolitan_county
Merseyside
UK place.region
North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Wirral West
UK place.post_town
WIRRAL
UK place.postcode_district
CH47, CH48
UK place.postcode_area
CH
UK place.dial_code
0151
UK place.os_grid_reference
SJ215888
UK place.static_image_name
Hoylake Beach.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Hoylake beach, looking towards Hilbre Island
UK place.london_direction
SE
UK place.iso_code
GB-WRL
Lighthouse.qid
Q26550860
Lighthouse.name
Hoylake LighthouseHigh

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Located in
Wirral
Population
5315
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Shares border with
Liverpool Bay
Image
Hoylake Lighthouse (1).jpg
Dialing code
0151
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postal code
CH47
OS grid reference
SJ215888
Commons category
Hoylake
inception
1764-00-00
category of associated people
Category:People from Hoylake
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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Landmarks
  • Lighthouses
  • Former landmarks
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • Administrative history
  • Community
  • Education
  • Media
  • Sport
  • Golf
  • Rugby Union
  • Swimming
  • Sailing
  • Sand yachting
  • Cricket
  • Transport
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Hoylake () is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the north west of the Wirral Peninsula, near West Kirby and where the River Dee meets the Irish Sea. At the 2021 census, the built up area had a population of 5,315.

In the nineteenth century, the town grew up around the small fishing village of Hoose (), a settlement that was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 within the Hundred of 'Wilaveston' (historically part of Cheshire). The town takes its name from 'Hoyle Lake', a nearby channel of water out towards Hilbre Island that provided a safe anchorage for shipping.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hoylake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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