Bebington

This article is about the town. For the constituency, see Bebington (UK Parliament constituency). For the ward, see Bebington (ward).

Bebington
Bebington is located in Merseyside
Bebington
Bebington
Location within Merseyside
Population15,768 
(2011 census)
OS grid referenceSJ333841
• London176 mi (283 km)[1] SE
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIRRAL
Postcode districtCH63
Dialling code0151
ISO 3166 codeGB-WRL
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°21′00″N 3°00′11″W / 53.350°N 3.003°W / 53.350; -3.003

Bebington (/ˈbɛbɪŋtən/) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it is 5 miles (8 km) south of Liverpool, close to the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula. Nearby towns include Birkenhead and Wallasey to the north-northwest, and Heswall to the west-southwest. Bebington railway station opened in 1838 and is on the Wirral line of the Merseyrail network.

The electoral ward, which includes the original village centres of Higher Bebington and Lower Bebington, had a total resident population of 13,720 at the 2001 census.[2] which increased to 15,768 at the 2011 census.[3] Some definitions of Bebington include adjoining areas such as Port Sunlight (an early planned factory town), New Ferry, Spital and Storeton. The former Municipal Borough of Bebington, a local authority between 1937 and 1974, also included within its boundaries Bromborough, Eastham, Raby, Thornton Hough and Brimstage, which now fall within the electoral wards of Bromborough, Eastham and Clatterbridge.[4] Bebington forms part of the wider Birkenhead urban area, which had a population of 325,264 in 2011.[5]

According to a 2015 study commissioned by Royal Mail from the Centre for Economic and Business Research, Bebington's postcode area, CH63, is the most desirable in England in which to live and work. The study found that the area had "the ideal balance" of housing close to places of work, good schools and high employment.[6]

  1. ^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". boulter.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Bebington Ward (00CBFA)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bebington Ward (E05000954)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Boundaries of former Bebington municipal borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  5. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Birkenhead Built-up area (E34004654)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Most 'desirable' postcodes in the UK revealed". BBC News. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.