Melling, Merseyside

Melling
Village
Church of St. Thomas and the Holy Rood, Melling
Melling is located in Merseyside
Melling
Melling
Location within Merseyside
Population3,493 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSD385002
Civil parish
  • Melling
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLIVERPOOL
Postcode districtL31
Dialling code0151
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°29′42″N 2°55′37″W / 53.495°N 2.927°W / 53.495; -2.927

Melling is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 2,810,[1] rising to 3,493 at the 2011 Census.[2] Melling Rock contains a public house as well as St Thomas and the Holy Rood. The town of Waddicar, of which most of the population of Melling consists, is usually regarded as part of Melling itself and is served by the parish council which is based in the local Melling Primary School.

  1. ^ 2001 Census: Melling, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 22 February 2009
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 June 2015.