Lydiate

Lydiate
Village
St. Thomas' Church, Lydiate
Lydiate Location within Merseyside
Population	6,308 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SD368040
Civil parish	Lydiate
Metropolitan borough	Sefton
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L31
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Sefton Central
List of places UK England Merseyside 53°32′10″N 2°57′32″W / 53.536°N 2.959°W / 53.536; -2.959

Lydiate is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton on Merseyside, England but historically in Lancashire. It is located 1.5 miles (2 km) north of Maghull, with which it has a common history. At the 2001 Census the civil parish of Lydiate had a population of 6,672,^[1] reducing to 6,308 at the 2011 Census.^[2]