Metropolitan borough council · England

Liverpool

Liverpool is a metropolitan borough council. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Liverpool
Metropolitan borough council · E08000012
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
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Type
Metropolitan borough council
Single tier
Official code
E08000012
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
Liverpool City Region
Strategic transport, economic development, skills

Other bodies covering this area

Liverpool City Region
Combined authority
  • Strategic transport
  • Economic development
  • Skills
Merseyside
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
221
Postcode sectors
64
Wards
5
Constituencies

17 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

64 wards recorded in this council area.

Aigburth · Allerton · Anfield · Arundel · Belle Vale · Broadgreen · Brownlow Hill · Calderstones · Canning · Childwall · Church · City Centre North · City Centre South · Clubmoor East · Clubmoor West · County · Croxteth · Croxteth Country Park · Dingle · Edge Hill · Everton East · Everton North · Everton West · Fazakerley East · Fazakerley North · Fazakerley West · Festival Gardens · Garston · Gateacre · Grassendale & Cressington · Greenbank Park · Kensington & Fairfield · Kirkdale East · Kirkdale West · Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park · Mossley Hill · Much Woolton & Hunts Cross · Norris Green · Old Swan East · Old Swan West · Orrell Park · Penny Lane · Princes Park · Sandfield Park · Sefton Park · Smithdown · Speke · Springwood · St Michaels · Stoneycroft · Toxteth · Tuebrook Breckside Park · Tuebrook Larkhill · Vauxhall · Walton · Waterfront North · Waterfront South · Wavertree Garden Suburb · Wavertree Village · West Derby Deysbrook · West Derby Leyfield · West Derby Muirhead · Woolton Village · Yew Tree

Postcode sectors

L1 0 · L1 1 · L1 2 · L1 3 · L1 4 · L1 5 · L1 6 · L1 7 · L1 8 · L1 9 · L10 1 · L10 5 · L10 7 · L10 9 · L11 0 · L11 1 · L11 2 · L11 3 · L11 4 · L11 5 · L11 6 · L11 7 · L11 8 · L11 9 · L12 0 · L12 1 · L12 2 · L12 3 · L12 4 · L12 5 · L12 6 · L12 7 · L12 8 · L12 9 · L13 0 · L13 1 · L13 2 · L13 3 · L13 4 · L13 5 · L13 6 · L13 7 · L13 8 · L13 9 · L14 0 · L14 1 · L14 2 · L14 3 · L14 4 · L14 5 · L14 8 · L15 0 · L15 1 · L15 2 · L15 3 · L15 4 · L15 5 · L15 6 · L15 7 · L15 8 · L15 9 · L16 0 · L16 1 · L16 3 · L16 4 · L16 5 · L16 6 · L16 7 · L16 8 · L16 9 · L17 0 · L17 1 · L17 2 · L17 3 · L17 4 · L17 5 · L17 6 · L17 7 · L17 8 · L17 9 · L18 0 · L18 1 · L18 2 · L18 3 · L18 4 · L18 5 · L18 6 · L18 7 · L18 8 · L18 9 · L19 0 · L19 1 · L19 2 · L19 3 · L19 4 · L19 5 · L19 6 · L19 7 · L19 8 · L19 9 · L2 0 · L2 1 · L2 2 · L2 3 · L2 4 · L2 5 · L2 6 · L2 7 · L2 8 · L2 9 · L20 8 · L24 0 · L24 1 · L24 2 · L24 3 · L24 6 · L24 7 · L24 8 · L24 9 · L25 0 · L25 1 · L25 2 · L25 3 · L25 4 · L25 5 · L25 6 · L25 7 · L25 8 · L27 0 · L27 1 · L27 2 · L27 3 · L27 4 · L27 5 · L27 6 · L27 7 · L27 8 · L28 0 · L28 8 · L3 0 · L3 1 · L3 2 · L3 3 · L3 4 · L3 5 · L3 6 · L3 7 · L3 8 · L3 9 · L4 0 · L4 1 · L4 2 · L4 3 · L4 4 · L4 5 · L4 6 · L4 7 · L4 8 · L4 9 · L5 0 · L5 1 · L5 2 · L5 3 · L5 4 · L5 5 · L5 6 · L5 7 · L5 8 · L5 9 · L6 0 · L6 1 · L6 2 · L6 3 · L6 4 · L6 5 · L6 6 · L6 7 · L6 8 · L6 9 · L67 1 · L69 1 · L69 2 · L69 3 · L69 4 · L69 6 · L69 7 · L69 8 · L69 9 · L7 0 · L7 1 · L7 2 · L7 3 · L7 4 · L7 5 · L7 6 · L7 7 · L7 8 · L7 9 · L70 1 · L70 8

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Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E08000012.