Maghull
Sign in to saveMaghull ( ) is a town and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside, England. The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby. The town is also the location of Ashworth Hospital.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.official_name
- Maghull
- UK place.population
- 20,444
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Sefton
- UK place.civil_parish
- Maghull
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Merseyside
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sefton Central
- UK place.post_town
- LIVERPOOL
- UK place.postcode_district
- L31
- UK place.postcode_area
- L
- UK place.dial_code
- 0151
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD373027
- UK place.static_image_name
- Maghull Square.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Central Square, Maghull
- UK place.parts_type
- Districts of the town
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Maghull ( ) is a town and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside, England. The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby. The town is also the location of Ashworth Hospital.
Maghull had a population of 20,444 at the 2011 Census. Housing in the town is almost entirely a 20th-century settlement of semi-detached and detached housing, although remains of the original town do exist. The town has had an elected council since the Local Government Act 1894, when the government set up a network of local governance across England. Following the Local Government Act 1974, the council changed its name from a parish to a town council.