Traditional county: Merseyside · District / Borough: Wirral · Region: North West
Explore Irby, Merseyside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Irby map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Irby |
| Traditional County | Merseyside |
| District / Borough | Wirral |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.352862 |
| Longitude | -3.116847 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Irby graces the Wirral peninsula with its quietude. It lies 3.1 km north-north-west of Heswall (from Heswall: bearing 334°T, OS grid SJ 257 845), and is situated east-north-east of Thurstaston village. The air here often carries the faint, clean scent of the nearby Dee Estuary, a whisper of the coast carried inland on the breeze. Fields, sometimes softened by a persistent mist, roll gently towards the horizon, hinting at the agricultural past that still underpins its character. The local church, its stone mellowed by countless seasons, stands as a silent sentinel, a place where generations have marked the passing of time. A subtle beauty resides in the way the evening light catches the rooftops, casting long, peaceful shadows across the lanes.
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Explore Irby, Merseyside, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.352862, -3.116847. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |