Where does the River Mersey end and where does it pass through?

It lends its name to our county, but the River Mersey is not restricted to the borders of Merseyside.

Stretching for around 70 miles across the North West of England, the river formed part of the Lancashire -Cheshire border for centuries. Due to the advent of new counties and changes of borders, the river now runs from Greater Manchester, through Cheshire and into Merseyside.

The river itself begins at Stockport. This means that Stockport County's ground Edgeley Park is the nearest football stadium to the Mersey - not Anfield, Goodison Park or Prenton Park. However, Everton's planned move to Bramley Moore dock would place the club right on the banks of the Mersey estuary.