Oxton, Merseyside

Oxton
Village
St. Saviour's Church, Bidston Road
Oxton Location within Merseyside
Population	14,232 (2011 Census.Ward)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ303876
• London	178 mi (286 km)[2] SE
Metropolitan borough	Wirral
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
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	Birkenhead
List of places UK England Merseyside 53°22′51″N 3°02′54″W / 53.3807°N 3.0483°W / 53.3807; -3.0483

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.