Oxton | |
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Village | |
St. Saviour's Church, Bidston Road | |
Location within Merseyside | |
Population | 14,232 (2011 Census.Ward)[1] |
OS grid reference | SJ303876 |
• London | 178 mi (286 km)[2] SE |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BIRKENHEAD |
Postcode district | CH42 |
Post town | PRENTON |
Postcode district | CH43 |
Dialling code | 0151 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-WRL |
Police | Merseyside |
Fire | Merseyside |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Oxton is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Administratively it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Originally a village in its own right, it became part of the Municipal Borough of Birkenhead upon its creation in 1877. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the county of Cheshire.