Landican

Landican
Hamlet
Houses on Landican Lane
Landican is located in Merseyside
Landican
Landican
Location within Merseyside
Population20 (2001 census)
OS grid referenceSJ283855
• London178 mi (286 km)[1] SE
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIRRAL
Postcode districtCH49
Dialling code0151
ISO 3166 codeGB-WRL
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°21′40″N 3°04′41″W / 53.361°N 3.078°W / 53.361; -3.078

Landican (/ˈlændɪkən/) is a hamlet and former civil parish on the outskirts of Birkenhead, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The hamlet is on the Wirral Peninsula, near to Woodchurch and the M53 motorway. Historically part of the county of Cheshire, it is within the local government ward of Pensby and Thingwall and the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West.

Landican consists of a small group of cottages and farm buildings[2] as well as a cemetery and crematorium. At the 2001 census the community had a population of only 20.[3]

  1. ^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". boulter.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Landican Village". Geograph. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Wirral 2001 Census: Landican". Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.