Description of Liverpool, England

Merseyside, England is home to Liverpool, a metropolis and metropolitan borough. At 498,042 people as of 2019, it ranks as the 10th most populous English district. It has a metropolitan population of 2.24 million, making it the fifth-largest in the United Kingdom. 

Liverpool, located on the east side of the Mersey Estuary, was once a part of the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It was first established as a borough in 1207, then as a city in 1880, and finally as an autonomous county borough in 1889, when the Lancashire County Council was established. The city grew in size alongside its port's prominence throughout the Industrial Revolution. Slaves were traded alongside more typical goods like coal and cotton by merchants. Liverpool served as a key departure point for English and Irish emigration to North America throughout the 19th century. Ocean liners RMS Titanic, RMS Lusitania, RMS Queen Mary, RMS Queen Elizabeth, and RMS Olympic all had their ports of registration in this city, which was also home to Cunard and White Star Lines.

Only the nation's capital, London, has a larger concentration of museums, historic sites, and parks on the National Heritage List than does Liverpool. The Pier Head, Albert Dock, and William Brown Street are all part of what was once Liverpool's Maritime Mercantile City. The city's two Premier League football teams, Liverpool FC and Everton FC, are fierce rivals, and games between them are called the Merseyside derby. Aintree Racecourse is home to the prestigious Grand National horse race every year.

Liverpool's geographic features have earned it the title of "the most exquisite location of any English city."  Liverpool is located at 53°24′0′′N 2°59′0′′W (53.4, 2.98) on Liverpool Bay of the Irish Sea, and it is built across a range of sandstone hills that rise to a height of about 230 feet (70 m) above sea level at Everton Hill, which marks the southern boundary of the West Lancashire Coastal Plain.

Economy of Liverpool

Liverpool is at the heart of one of the two major economies in the North West of England, making it one of the largest economies in the United Kingdom. The city's GVA was £7,626,000,000 in 2006, yielding a per capita number of £17,489, which was higher than the North West average. Liverpool's economy has been booming since the mid-1990s, with a 71.8% increase in gross value added (GVA) between 1995 and 2006. The GDP was projected at $65.8 billion in 2014, with a per capita GDP of $32,121. Liverpool's economy, like that of the rest of the United Kingdom today, is driven mostly by the corporate and public service sectors. Nearly two-thirds of the city's workforce in 2007 was employed in the public sector, which included government agencies, schools, hospitals, financial institutions, and insurance companies. With the development of the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter in fields like media and life sciences, Liverpool's knowledge economy has also seen rapid expansion in recent years. Liverpool's rich architectural foundation has also contributed to the city's rise to prominence in the film industry, making it the second most frequently filmed location in the United Kingdom behind London.

The hospitality and amusement industries are also vital to Liverpool's economy. Tourists from all over the world flock to Liverpool, making it one of the top 100 most popular cities in the world. Tourists spent £188 million in the city's economy in 2008, when Liverpool was celebrating its designation as the European Capital of Culture, and the tourist industry as a whole brings in over £1.3 billion annually for Liverpool. Liverpool is one of the few cities in the world where cruise ships may dock in the heart of the city thanks to the construction of a brand new cruise liner port near the Pier Head. The Echo Arena and Liverpool One, both built relatively recently, have also helped to establish the city as a major recreational hub, with the latter propelling Liverpool into the top five shopping destinations in the United Kingdom.

Although the port once provided a large share of Liverpool's economy, the manufacturing sector has now taken over. In 2008, the city's port processed over 32.2 million tons of cargo, making it one of the busiest in the United Kingdom. With the completion of its multibillion-pound Liverpool2 expansion by the end of 2015, the Port of Liverpool is expected to significantly boost the amount of cargo it can handle. [190] Many international shipping companies have their UK headquarters in Liverpool; these include the Japanese NYK and the Danish Maersk Line, as well as the more recently established Atlantic Container Line, which is now expanding its activities in Liverpool with a brand new headquarters. It is estimated that over the next 50 years, £5.5bn will be invested in the city as part of plans to revamp the northern port system, known as Liverpool Waters, which is expected to generate 17,000 new employment.

Merseyside

A metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northwest England, Merseyside is home to 1.38 million people. Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool are the five metropolitan boroughs that make up the metropolitan region centered on both sides of the lower parts of the Mersey Estuary. On 1 April 1974, as a result of the Local Government Act of 1972, the new county of Merseyside was established; it is named after the Mersey River and is located between the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.

Merseyside covers an area of around 645 square kilometers, or 249 square miles. Lancashire is to the north-east, Greater Manchester is to the east, Cheshire is to the south and south-east, and the Irish Sea is to the west. The border with North Wales is the Dee Estuary. Merseyside's land use is mostly urban, however it does feature several high-density cities and suburbs as well as some semi-rural and rural spots. Though Liverpool City Centre serves as the county's central business district, Merseyside is actually a polycentric county with five metropolitan districts, each of which include at least one large town center and outlying suburbs. The county's physical heart is occupied by the Liverpool Urban Area, the sixth most populous conurbation in England, while the Wirral Peninsula is dominated by the Birkenhead Urban Area to the south.

In the decade following 1974, Merseyside County Council shared authority with district councils. Since the county council was eliminated in 1986, the districts it once oversaw (the metropolitan boroughs) have virtually become unitary authority territories. Merseyside is a ceremonial county with a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff; however, the metropolitan county continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference, and several county-wide services are coordinated by authorities and joint-boards, such as Merseytravel (for public transportation), Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, and the Merseyside Police. The High Sheriffs of Merseyside, Lancashire, and Greater Manchester are all appointed "within the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster," as these boundaries are identical to the historic boundaries of Lancashire.

The Liverpool City Region is a local enterprise partnership and combined authority area consisting of the boroughs of Merseyside and the neighboring borough of Halton in Cheshire.

Geography

The Wirral Peninsula, on the western side of the Mersey Estuary, is where the city of Wirral is located, whereas the remainder of Merseyside is located on the eastern side. Bordering counties to the south and southwest are Cheshire and Greater Manchester, while to the north and east are Lancashire and the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Until 1974, the area now known as Merseyside was split between the counties of Lancashire (to the east of the Mersey) and Cheshire for administrative purposes (west of the River Mersey). The two Mersey Tunnels, the Merseyrail's Wirral Line, and the Mersey Ferry all connect the two halves.

England, UK Description

England is the UK's largest constituent unit, occupying more than half of the island. Despite its political, economic, and cultural legacy, England is no longer a governmental or political unit. 

With its rich soil and crisscrossing network of rivers and streams, England has been and remains a thriving agricultural economy. England became the epicenter of the global Industrial Revolution in the early 1800s, quickly rising to the top of the global industrialization rankings. Manufacturing industries in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool turned raw materials into finished goods for export. London, the country's capital, became one of the world's most important cities, a hub for a global political economy. The London metropolitan area continues to be Europe's financial center and a hotbed of innovation, particularly in the fields of popular culture.

At the same time, the UK is a place with a very developed tourism industry. The culture and scenery of the UK attract a lot of tourists to come for vacation all year round. If you also want to travel to the UK or have been there and want to leave some traces of your visit, you can try to customize Custom Keyrings with a UK theme, such as the British flag, Buckingham Palace, etc.  Customized keychains can be carried with you and retain beautiful travel memories.

One of the most fundamental features of the English language is its diversity within a limited compass. Even England's most remote regions are accessible by car or train within a day's drive or train ride of London. Many English people identify with the regions or shires from which they are descended—for example, Yorkshire, the West Country, or the Midlands—and maintain strong ties to those regions even if they live in other parts of the country. Some differences exist, but many more, especially as England transitioned from a rural to an urban society, began to fade after 1945. The country's island location has shaped the English character, which values social harmony, social harmony, and good manners that ensure orderly relations in a densely populated landscape, among other characteristics.

During the dismantling of Britain's vast overseas empire in the mid-20th century, England suffered an identity crisis, and much attention has been paid to discussions of "Englishness"—that is, what it means to be English in a country that now has large immigrant populations from many former colonies and is far more cosmopolitan than insular. Although influenced by other cultures, English culture is distinct and difficult to define. The Lion and the Unicorn by George Orwell, a self-described "revolutionary patriot" who chronicled politics and society in the 1930s and 1940s, makes this observation. 

Geographical Description of England

Except for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire in the east, England's topography is low-lying but rarely flat. The area has many rolling hillsides, with the highest elevations in the north, north-west, and southwest. Intricate underlying structures have resulted in intricate patterns in the landscape. The oldest sedimentary rocks and some igneous rocks (found in isolated granite hills) are found in Cornwall and Devon, while the most recent alluvial soils are found in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Norfolk. Both the sandstone and limestone bands that separate these two regions date from prehistoric times when large sections of central and southern England were submerged under warm seas. Geological forces lifted and folded some of these rocks, forming northern England's spine. Scafell Pike, England's highest point, stands at 3,210 feet (978 metres) and is part of the world's highest mountain range. The northern mountains are mostly slate, while the southern mountains are mostly lava flows. Mountain ranges have developed from the North Downs at 965 feet (294 meters) to the Cotswolds at 1,083 feet (330 meters).

The Chiltern Hills, North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds, and Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds were rounded into distinctive plateaus with west-facing escarpments during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago). A land bridge connecting Britain to the rest of Europe was engulfed as the last glacial sheet melted. The retreating glaciers left behind gravel, sand, and glacial mud, further altering the land surface. Rain, rivers, and tides, as well as subsidence, have shaped the hills and coastline of eastern England. Limestone, gritstone, and carboniferous strata plateaus are associated with major coalfields, some visible as surface outcrops.

A great example of England's geologic complexity is its cliff structure. The chalk cliffs of Dover are made up of a series of sedimentary rocks of varying ages that start at Land's End in the far southwest and end at the Isle of Wight. The English coastline is dotted with cliffs, bays, and river estuaries that add to the overall beauty of the landscape. 

England's weather is as varied as its topography. The average temperature in England, like other temperate maritime zones, is moderate, ranging from around 35 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) in January to 72 degrees Fahrenheit (22 degrees Celsius) in July in the Thames river valley (32 degrees Celsius). Tacitus, the Roman historian, described it as "unpleasant" with "frequent rains and mists but no extreme cold." However, the higher elevations of England receive snow for roughly 50 days out of the year. In fact, the northwest and southwest of England are particularly "wet". These areas receive less than 30 inches (750 mm) of rain per year and are frequently subject to severe drought. Rainfall averages only 20 inches in parts of the southeast (500 mm). The weather has influenced English art and literature not only seasonally but also day-to-day and even hour-to-hour. The bumbershoot's moniker as the stereotypical English gentleman's walking stick is not accidental.

The Economy of England

In the 18th and 19th centuries, England's economy was primarily agricultural until the Industrial Revolution transformed it into a highly urbanized and industrialized region as a result of the Industrial Revolution. A result of the close proximity of coal and iron ore deposits, heavy industries (iron and steel, textiles, and shipbuilding) sprang up in the north-eastern counties, and they continue to thrive today. During the 1930s, the Great Depression and foreign competition both contributed to a decline in manufactured goods production and an increase in unemployment in the industrial north, which contributed to the Great Depression. Residents of these northern counties who were out of work were forced to relocate south to London and its environs. Because of urbanization and industrialization, the southeast has become dominated by industries such as automotive, chemical, electrical, and machine tool manufacturing. Despite the fact that population growth and urbanization significantly reduced farmland in England during the twentieth century, the geographical counties of Cornwall, Devon, Kent, Lincolnshire, Somerset, and North Yorkshire have retained a significant proportion of their agricultural land.

Another period of industrial decline occurred in the late twentieth century, during which coal mining was virtually phased out and job losses in industries such as iron and steel production, shipbuilding, and textile manufacturing were particularly severe. The decline of these industries had a disproportionately negative impact on the economies of the north and the Midlands, while the economies of the south remained relatively prosperous. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the service sector had taken over as the dominant sector of the English economy, with banking and other financial services, retail, distribution, media and entertainment, education, health care, and hotels and restaurants among the leading sectors.