| Bidston | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 St Oswald's Church | |
  Bidston Location within Merseyside | |
| Population | 15,216 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SJ284900 |
| • London | 181 mi (291 km)[1] SE |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PRENTON |
| Postcode district | CH43 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-WRL |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Bidston is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England.
Administratively, it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the geographical county of Cheshire. At the 2001 Census, the population of Bidston was 10,446, consisting of 4,725 males and 5,721 females.[2] By the time of the 2011 Census the electoral ward was called Bidston and St. James (St James is part of Bidston and not a separate locality). This ward includes Beechwood to the south of Bidston and extends into much of Birkenhead to the east, including all of the south side of the Great Float.[3] The total population of this ward at this Census was 15,216 of which 7,117 were males and 8,099 were female.[4]
- ^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". boulter.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ 2001 Census: Bidston, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 25 May 2011, retrieved 2 July 2007
- ^ "Bidston and St James". MapIt. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2015.