Landican | |
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Hamlet | |
Houses on Landican Lane | |
Location within Merseyside | |
Population | 20 (2001 census) |
OS grid reference | SJ283855 |
• London | 178 mi (286 km)[1] SE |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WIRRAL |
Postcode district | CH49 |
Dialling code | 0151 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-WRL |
Police | Merseyside |
Fire | Merseyside |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
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]