Bootle

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Bootle

Total population

98,449

Coordinates53.45°, -2.99°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bootle is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011; the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449. It is part of the Liverpool City Region.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Jonathan Walters

Irish footballer

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Olaf Stapledon

British novelist and philosopher (1886–1950)

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Lewis Collins

English actor (1946-2013)

Mike Dean

English football referee (born 1968)

Paul O'Grady

British comedian, actor and television presenter (1955–2023)

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Gale Tattersall

British-born filmmaker and cinematographer

Patricia Routledge

British actress (1929–2025)

Philip Toosey

British military officer (1904-1975)

Daniel Ilabaca

British freerunner

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Simon Mason

British rugby union player

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Anthony Peake

British writer

Edgar Christopher Cookson

recipient of the Victoria Cross

Edith Smith

first WPC in England with full powers of arrest

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Jack Whitley

English footballer (1880-1955)

Joe Collister

British footballer (born 1991)

Julia Shaw

English racing cyclist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Prescot
  8 mi away
• Hoylake
  8.6 mi away
• Ormskirk
  9.2 mi away
• Burscough
  11.5 mi away
• Newton-le-Willows
  15.2 mi away
• Mollington
  15.8 mi away
• Dunham on the Hill
  16.3 mi away
• Plemstall
  17.2 mi away
• Mickle Trafford
  17.2 mi away
• Pipers Ash
  18.1 mi away
• Great Boughton
  18.9 mi away
• Christleton
  19.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bootle

Where shall I spend my holidays?

Bootle (England). Free Public Library · 1906

Geology of the west Cumbria district

K. Ambrose · 1997

Annual report

Bootle General Hospital · 1939

Central Bootle

Andrew F. Richardson · 1993

Twenty-fifth annual report of the sanitary condition of Bootle

England). Medical Officer of Health Bootle (Sefton · 1898

Bootle in times past

1979

A Bootle family

John Stevenson · 1997

[Report 1905]

Bootle (Lancashire, England). County Borough Council · 1905

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Petty Spurge

Euphorbia peplus

Seen 2026-10-06

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-06

shaggy scalycap

Pholiota squarrosa

Seen 2026-10-06

Great Tit

Parus major

Seen 2026-10-06

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-10-06

Pine Ladybird

Exochomus quadripustulatus

Seen 2026-10-06

Orange Ladybird

Halyzia sedecimguttata

Seen 2026-10-06

Goldcrest

Regulus regulus

Seen 2026-10-06

Long-bodied Cellar Spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Seen 2026-10-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers