Claughton | |
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Village | |
The A5027 Upton Road seen from the junction with Shrewsbury Road. St Bede's Chapel and Community Centre is across the road. | |
Location within Merseyside | |
Population | 14,705 (2011 census Ward population) |
OS grid reference | SJ297891 |
• London | 180 mi (290 km)[1] SE |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BIRKENHEAD |
Postcode district | CH41 |
Dialling code | 0151 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-WRL |
Police | Merseyside |
Fire | Merseyside |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Claughton (/ˈklɔːtən/ KLAW-tən) is a village and suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is situated approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west of Birkenhead town centre, adjacent to Birkenhead Park. Administratively, Claughton is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the county of Cheshire.
At the 2001 census, the population of Claughton was 13,723.[2] For the 2011 census the total population of Claughton Ward, which also included Noctorum, was 14,705.[3]