About the town » Bebington, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, England, Great Britain

Bebington is a small town and electoral ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It lies 5 miles south of Liverpool and 34.5 miles west southwest of Manchester, along the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula. Nearby towns include Birkenhead and Wallasey to the north northwest and Heswall to the west southwest. It had a total resident population of 13,720 at the 2001 Census. The town includes the areas of Port Sunlight (an early planned factory town), Higher Bebington (which includes the Mount Estate), Lower Bebington, Poulton Lancelyn, Spital and Storeton. Bebington railway station opened in 1838 and is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.