Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Se…Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles northwest of London. It had a population of 496,770 in 2022 and is the administrative, cultural, and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million.