Raby Mere is a

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on the

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. Adjacent to the

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, woodland and open countryside, it is known for its

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, a lake that has been used for leisure purposes for many years. The hamlet of Raby is located west. Since local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, Raby Mere has been situated administratively within the

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. It is in the Clatterbridge Ward in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. At the time of the 2011 Census, Raby Mere, with its small residential area of exclusively detached homes, had a total population of 750.

Geography

Raby Mere is in the south-eastern part of the Wirral Peninsula, approximately south-southeast of the

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Wallasey Wallasey () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the mouth of the River Mersey, on the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic county bou ...

, about east of the

Dee Estuary The Dee Estuary () is a large estuary by means of which the River Dee flows into Liverpool Bay. The estuary starts near Shotton after a five-mile (8 km) 'canalised' section and the river soon swells to be several miles wide forming t ...

at Gayton and about west of the

River Mersey The River Mersey () is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it h ...

at Eastham. The mere is at an elevation of around above sea level.

Community

The parish churches are All Saints Church, Thornton Hough and

St George's Church, Thornton Hough St George's Church is in Manor Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, England. Formerly home to a congregation of the United Reformed Church, the church closed in July 2021 and the building is now privately owned. It is recorded in the Nat ...

. The local primary school is Thornton Hough Primary.

Transport

Road

The

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runs along the western side of Raby Mere. The nearest access point is at Junction 4 of the motorway, about north.

Bus

The hamlet is served by the Number 84 bus that runs Mondays to Saturdays every two hours during the day from Heswall to Raby Mere via Clatterbridge, Spital and Bromborough run by

Avon Buses Avon Buses was a bus operator based in Prenton providing services in Merseyside and Cheshire, England. History Avon Minis, as the company was originally known, was founded in August 1981 by Larry Smith. By 1995 it had six buses and ran mos ...

References

External links

{{Populated Places in Wirral Borough Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral