Litherland
Sign in to saveLitherland is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside. Until 1974, it was within the historic county of Lancashire. It was an urban district, which included Seaforth and Ford. It neighbours Waterloo to the north, Seaforth to the west, and Bootle to the south and is approximately north of Liverpool city centre.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Litherland
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population
- 22,242
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Sefton
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Merseyside
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bootle
- UK place.post_town
- LIVERPOOL
- UK place.postcode_district
- L21
- UK place.postcode_area
- L
- UK place.dial_code
- 0151
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ340944
- UK place.static_image_name
- Gate piers to Litherland Park.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Pair of rusticated stone gate piers at the entrance to Litherland Park opposite School Lane.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Sefton
- Population
- +22242
- Image
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal south of bridge 2J.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
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Litherland is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside. Until 1974, it was within the historic county of Lancashire. It was an urban district, which included Seaforth and Ford. It neighbours Waterloo to the north, Seaforth to the west, and Bootle to the south and is approximately north of Liverpool city centre.
==History== thumb|left|Litherland Town Hall The name Litherland derives from two elements, Old Norse hlið/hlith-ar, which means "slope", and Old English land, "land".