Back Metropolitan Borough of Sefton BAR Sefton Breton Sefton (kondado) CEB Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Sefton Welsh Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Danish Metropolitan Borough of Sefton German Sefton Esperanto کلانشهر مستقل سفتون Persian District métropolitain de Sefton French Borgo metropolitano di Sefton Italian
Borough of Sefton | |
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 Sefton shown within Merseyside | |
| Coordinates: 53°26′42″N 2°59′53″W / 53.445°N 2.998°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North West |
| Ceremonial county | Merseyside |
| City region | Liverpool |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Named for | Sefton |
| Administrative HQ | Bootle and Southport |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan borough |
| • Body | Sefton Council |
| • Executive | Leader and cabinet |
| • Control | Labour |
| • Leader | Marion Atkinson (L) |
| • Mayor | June Burns |
| • MPs | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 78 sq mi (203 km2) |
| • Land | 61 sq mi (157 km2) |
| • Rank | 164th |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
| • Total | 281,027 |
| • Rank | 57th |
| • Density | 4,650/sq mi (1,795/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
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| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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| ISO 3166 code | GB-SFT |
| GSS code | E08000014 |
| Website | sefton |
The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974,[5] by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, the municipal borough of Crosby, the urban districts of Formby and Litherland, and part of West Lancashire Rural District. It consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea which extends from Southport in the north to Bootle in the south, and an inland part to Maghull in the south-east, bounded by the city of Liverpool to the south, the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley to the south-east, and West Lancashire to the east.
It is named after Sefton, near Maghull. When the borough was created, a name was sought that would not unduly identify the borough with any of its constituent parts, particularly the former county boroughs of Bootle and Southport. The area had strong links with both the Earl of Sefton and the Earl of Derby, resident of Knowsley Hall,[6] and the adjacent borough was subsequently named Knowsley. A Sefton Rural District covering some of the villages in the district existed from 1894 to 1932.[7]
- ^ "Your Council". Sefton Council. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Sefton Local Authority (E08000014)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN 0-10-547072-4.
- ^ Welcome to the Estate, Knowsley Hall, retrieved 7 October 2010
- ^ "Sefton RD through time: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 January 2018.