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West Falkland West Falkland (Spanish: Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, with an area of approximately 4,532 km² (5,413 km² including the adjacent small islands). It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound.
West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line) West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue is an elevated station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of East Tremont Avenue and Boston Road in the Bronx, it is served by the (all times) and trains (all times except late nights and rush hours in the peak direction).
West Fife (UK Parliament constituency) West Fife was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1974. Along with East Fife, it was formed by dividing the old Fife constituency.
West Flanders West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, also named Flanders, in Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) on the Netherlands, the Flemish province of East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) and the Walloon province of Hainaut (Henegouwen) in Belgium, on France, and the North Sea.
West Florida West Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Parts of the territory were held at various times by France, Spain, Britain, and the United States (as well as the short-lived Republic of West Florida and the Confederate States of America).
West Florida Controversy West Florida Controversy refers to the dispute over the possession of West Florida. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ceded Florida and portions of Louisiana to Britain from Spain and France (called in whole East Florida and West Florida).
West Fork of the Little Sioux River West Fork of the Little Sioux River is a river in the United States. Approximately 70 miles/112 kilometers long, it courses through northwest Iowa, rising north of Marcus in Cherokee County and flowing generally southwest through farmland in Plymouth and Woodbury Counties until the meandered (old) streambed finally meets the Little Sioux River near Turin in Monona County.
West Fork River The West Fork River is a principal tributary of the Monongahela River, about 80 mi (130 km) longin north-central West Virginia], on the unglaciated [[Allegheny Plateau. Via the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
West Frankfort City Hall West Frankfort City Hall, in the Franklin County, Illinois city of West Frankfort, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 2002. The City Hall is one of Franklin County's three Registered Historic Places.
West Friendship, Maryland West Friendship is an unincorporated community in north central Howard County, Maryland, that carries the zip code of 21794. It is primarily a rural farming community and is the site of the Howard County Fairgrounds.
West Friesland (historical region) West Friesland (also West Frisia; Dutch: West-Friesland; West Frisian language: West-Fryslân) is a historical region in the northern part of the Netherlands. It was located in parts of what now is Noord-Holland and the Waddenzee.
West Frisian (dialect) The West Frisian dialect (in Dutch called West-Fries) is a dialect which is spoken in the contemporary West Friesland region (Westflinge), Wieringen, Wieringermeer, the coastal area from Den Helder to Castricum, and the island of Texel. It is currently a Hollandic Dutch subdialect but it originates from a creole language, a mix of the Dutch and Frisian-language called West Frisian.
West Frisian language West Frisian (Frysk) is a language spoken mostly in the province of Fryslân in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside of the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related languages of East Frisian and North Frisian, which are spoken in Germany.
West Garfield Park, Chicago West Garfield Park is a community area located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. The area has also undergone some gentrification in its northern boundaries but not to the same degree as East Garfield Park, Chicago.
West Gate Freeway West Gate Freeway (formerly the Lower Yarra Freeway) is a freeway in Melbourne, Australia, linking Geelong to Melbourne CBD and beyond. It is also a link between Melbourne and the west and linking industrial and residential areas west of the Yarra River with the city and port areas.
West Genesee Central School District The West Genesee Central School District (WGCSD) is a public school district located in suburban Syracuse, NY. The district covers 41 square miles and is centered in the town of Camillus, but also serves parts of Elbridge, Geddes, Onondaga, and Van Buren.
West Germanic Gemination West Germanic Gemination is a sound change that took place in all West Germanic languages, around 300 AD. All single consonants except were geminated (doubled) after a short vowel and before ; sometimes also before , , and .
West Germanic languages The West Germanic languages constitute the largest branch of the Germanic family of languages and includes languages such as German, English and Dutch. The other branches of the Germanic languages are the North and East Germanic languages.
West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes from West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany (German Democratic Republic) and West Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
West Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. West German athletes had competed together with East German athletes as the United Team of Germany in the previous three Winter Olympic Games, but both nations sent independent teams starting in 1968.
West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. West Germany had joined the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics four years previously.
West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
West Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time as a separate nation at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
West Germany at the Summer Olympics West Germany competed at the Summer Olympic Games as a separate nation from East Germany for five Games between 1968 and 1988. After the division of Germany following World War II, a United Team of Germany had competed at the Olympic Games in 1956, 1960 and 1964, but the two nations sent independent teams after that.
West Germany at the Winter Olympics West Germany competed at the Winter Olympic Games as a separate nation from East Germany seven times between 1952 and 1988. After the division of Germany following World War II, a United Team of Germany had competed at the Olympic Games in 1956, 1960 and 1964, but the two nations sent independent teams after that.
West Goscote West Goscote was a hundred of Leicestershire, that arose from the division of the ancient Goscote hundred into two. It covers the north west of the county, an area broadly corresponding to the western part of Charnwood district along with North West Leicestershire.
West Green, Georgia West Green is an unincorporated community in Coffee County, Georgia, United States, originally known as The Twenty (since it was 20 miles south of Hazlehurst) and later Garrant. It was an incorporated town from July 29, 1914 to July 1, 1995.
West Greenland Current The West Greenland Current is a weak cold water current that flows to the north along the west coast of Greenland. The current results from the movement of water flowing around the southernmost point of Greenland caused by the East Greenland Current.
West Haddon West Haddon is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Then A428 runs through the middle of the village, but a bypass was completed in December 2005 and officially opened on Tuesday 13th December 2005.
West Hall West Hall is an all-female residence hall at Kansas State University. It is located on the South West corner of the Derby Complex at Kansas State's Manhattan, Kansas campus south of Moore Hall and west of Ford Hall on Old Claflin Road.
West Ham (UK Parliament constituency) West Ham is a parliamentary constituency in the London Borough of Newham, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1997 when the constituency of Newham North West was merged with part of Newham South.
West Ham Charity Cup The West Ham Charity Cup was an amateur football tournament, known to have existed between 1895 and 1902. It was contested by teams from West Ham and the surrounding area, an area of Essex that has subsequently been absorbed into London.
West Ham North (UK Parliament constituency) West Ham North was a parliamentary constituency in the the County Borough of West Ham, in what was then Essex but is now London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
West Ham station West Ham station is a London Underground and National Rail station on the District Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Jubilee Line and served by c2c train services. It is in Travelcard Zone 3, and is managed by London Underground.
West Ham South (UK Parliament constituency) West Ham South was a parliamentary constituency in the the County Borough of West Ham, in what was then Essex but is now London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
West Ham Stadium West Ham Stadium was a stadium that existed between 1928 and 1972 in Custom House (which was located in the County Borough of West Ham at the time of the stadium's construction) in London. The stadium was built in 1928 on Prince Regent Lane, near the site of the present-day Prince Regent DLR station.
West Ham United F.C. 1922-1923 Major new signings brought in by manager Syd King included inside-left Billy Moore and inside-right Charlie Crossley from First Division clubs Sunderland and Everton. He also raided fellow Second Division teams, bringing in wingers Billy Charlton from South Shields and Dick Richards from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
West Ham United F.C. 1958-1959 After winning the Second Division title the previous season, West Ham equalled their highest ever league finish of the 1926-1927 season, coming a very respectable 6th. This was in spite of the fact that the only signing they made was of the Leyton Orient Inside Forward Phil Woosnam in November 1958.
West Ham United F.C. 1975-1976 West Ham United were unbeaten in their first nine games and sitting in second place at the start of the 1975-1976 season. By the end of the season they had finished in 18th and were only six points away from relegation.
West Ham United F.C. 1985-1986 West Ham's highest ever league finish was during the 1985-1986 season, coming a close third behind the Merseyside giants of Liverpool and Everton. West Ham finished with 84 points; 2 behind Everton and 4 behind eventual double winners Liverpool.
West Ham United F.C. 1986-1987 John Lyall had made no signings during the close season, and it stayed that way until Stewart Robson was brought in in January. He was joined at West Ham two months later by other new signings Gary Strodder, Tommy McQueen and Ireland international Liam Brady.
West Ham United F.C. 1987-1988 Again John Lyall waited until three quarters of the season had passed before bringing any new singings to the club. Even so, the two players he did eventually bring in, Julian Dicks and Leroy Rosenior, would play a major part in helping the club to just avoid relegation for the second season running.
West Ham United F.C. 1988-1989 The 1988-1989 season saw new signings Allen McKnight and David Kelly both begin their West Ham United careers, but neither supplied the club with kind of form necessary to stay in the top flight. The re-signing of Frank McAvennie from Celtic in March 1989 proved too little, too late, with him failing to score in his 9 league appearances.
West Ham United F.C. 1989-1990 In only the second game of the season the West Ham fans are chanting "We hate Paul Ince" after they discover through a national newspaper of the player's transfer to Manchester United. His being pictured wearing the shirt of Man Utd makes him a pariah for many years to come at Upton Park.
West Ham United F.C. 1990-1991 Billy Bonds in his first full season as manager guides West Ham back to the top flight of The Football League as they finish 2nd in the Second Division behind Oldham Athletic. Oldham were the season's top scorers in the division with 83 goals.
West Ham United F.C. 1999-2000 New West Ham United signings for the 1999-2000 season included full-backs Gary Charles, for ÂŁ1.2 million from Benfica, and 37 year old former England International Stuart Pearce, who signed from Newcastle United on a free transfer.
West Hampstead West Hampstead is an area in northwest London, England, situated between Childs Hill to the north, Frognal and Hampstead to the east, Swiss Cottage to the south, and Kilburn to the west. Until the late 19th century, the area was a small village called West End.
West Hampstead tube station West Hampstead tube station is a London Underground station at West Hampstead, on West End Lane between Broadhurst Gardens and Blackburn Road. It is on the Jubilee Line, situated between Kilburn and Finchley Road.
West Hartlepool West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the modern borough of Hartlepool in North East England. Originally it was a separate settlement, with countryside in between, but urban sprawl joined the two towns.
West Harton West Harton is an area of the town of South Shields, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a primarily residential area, with several schools and leisure facilities, including St Wilfrid's College for Mathematics and Computing, Brinkburn Comprehensive School and Brinkburn Recreation Ground.
West Hatch High School West Hatch High School is a High Performing Specialist secondary school located in Southern Essex. The area now occupied by West Hatch was previously the western gate (or hatch as it would have been known) into Epping Forest; it is from these routes that the school proudly derives its name.
West Hattiesburg, Mississippi West Hattiesburg, also known as Oak Grove, is, in part, a census designated place (CDP) defined for statistical purposes in an urbanized area west of Hattiesburg, Mississippi in Lamar County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.
West Heath, West Midlands West Heath is an area of Birmingham, England, between Kings Norton, Northfield and Longbridge. A small suburb with a Catholic church, Anglican church, Baptist church, post office, opticians, doctors' surgery, nursery, primary school and other basic buildings.
West Highland Line The West Highland Line (Scottish Gaelic: Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean - "Iron Road to the Isles") is one of the most scenic railway lines in Britain, linking the fishing port of Mallaig on the west coast to Glasgow. Passenger services on the line are operated by First ScotRail, primarily between Glasgow and Mallaig.
West Highland Way The West Highland Way is a long distance footpath in Scotland. It is 152 km (95 mi) long, running from Milngavie north of Glasgow to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, with an element of hill walking in the route.
West Highland White Terrier West Highland White Terriers, commonly known as Westies, are a breed of dog known for their spirited personality and brilliant white coat. They are friendly, good with children, and thrive on lots of attention.
West Hill Collegiate Institute West Hill Collegiate Institute is a public, non-semestered high school in Toronto, located in eastern Scarborough. The school was opened in 1955 and named after the community of West Hill, Toronto in which the school is located.
West Hills High School West Hills High School is public, comprehensive high school located in Santee, California, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1987, West Hills is the eleventh of twelve high schools to be constructed in the Grossmont Union High School District.
West Hoathly Church of England School West Hoathly Church of England School is a primary school in West Hoathly, a village in the county of West Sussex. It occupies a central position in the village which is situated in the heart of the High Weald, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
West Hotel Opened in 1884, the West Hotel was Minneapolis' first grand hotel. It had 407 luxuriously furnished rooms, 140 baths, and featured an immense and opulent lobby which was claimed to be the largest in the nation.
West Hughes Humphreys West Hughes Humphreys (5 August, 1806 - 16 October, 1882) was a United States District Court judge, and a judge of the Confederate States of America. It was for the latter office that he was removed from his position in the former.
West Humber Collegiate Institute West Humber Collegiate Institute is a high school located in Rexdale, at the corner of Martingrove Road and John Garland Blvd (just south of Finch Avenue West). Feeder schools include: Albion Heights Junior - Middle School, Greenholme JMS, Elmbank JMS, West Humber JMS, and Humberwood Downs.
West Humboldt Range The West Humboldt Range is a short mountain range in the western Great Basin in northwestern Nevada in the United States. It runs for approximately 40 mi (64 km) southwest to northeast in northern Churchill County and southern Pershing County.
West Huntington Bridge The West Huntington Bridge, also called the West End Bridge, 17th Street West Bridge or Nick Joe Rahall II Bridge, is a two-lane, 562 foot cantilever bridge on the west side of Huntington, West Virginia. It crosses the Ohio River and carries U.
West Channel West Channel is a Greek local channel which broacasts from the city of Kozani for the periphery of West Macedonia. It created in April 1991 from the lawyer Papafilippou and the businessman and benefactor Zissis Dardali.
West Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency) West Chelmsford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio West Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in southwest Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. It is situated between Sharonville and Monroe, about 18 miles north of Cincinnati.
West Chester Transportation Center The West Chester Transportation Center is a bus terminal and parking garage in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The $1,250,000 transportation center, upon which construction began in October of 2004, was opened in December of 2005.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester University of Pennsylvania, is a public university located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 34 miles (54 km) west by north of Philadelphia. It is one of the 14 state universities that compose the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).
West Chester University Poetry Conference Founded by West Chester professor Michael Peich and poet Dana Gioia, the West Chester University Poetry Conference is a poetry conference that has been held annually since 1995 at West Chester University. The conference focuses on various aspect of formal poetry, narrative poetry, New Formalism and Expansive Poetry.
West Chicago High School West Chicago Community High School, or simply West Chicago High School, is a public four-year high school located in West Chicago, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community High School District 94.
West Iberian languages West Iberian is a branch of the Romance languages which includes Spanish (with the Extremaduran dialect), Ladino, the Astur-Leonese group (Asturian, Leonese and Mirandese), and the modern descendants of Galician-Portuguese (Galician, Portuguese, and the Fala language). By most linguistic criteria, these languages are significantly closer to each other than to any other living language — including Catalan, the other major Romance language of the Iberian Peninsula.
West Ice Shelf The West Ice Shelf () is a prominent ice shelf extending about 288 km in an E-W direction along the Antarctic coast between Barrier Bay and Posadowsky Bay. Discovered and named by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, under Dr.
West India West India is a region of India consisting of the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa, along with the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Maharashtra, in particular, is in many respects intermediate between North India and South India; but the region has definite particularities of its own.
West India Docks railway station West India Docks railway station was a railway station in the north of the Isle of Dogs, London, on the London and Blackwall Railway, between Limehouse and Millwall Junction stations. As the name implies, the station served the West India Docks, though it was located on the north side of the northernmost of the three docks; the L&BR was later extended to Millwall Docks to serve the other two docks.
West India Regiment The West India Regiments (WIR) were British colonial infantry regiments. They were raised, initially in 1795, by recruitment amongst freed slaves from North America and by purchase of slaves in the West Indies.
West Indian Bay tree The West Indian Bay tree (Pimenta racemosa, also Pimenta acris or Caryophyllus racemosus in old references), also known as the Bay Rum tree, is a plant originating from the Caribbean. It was used to produce Bay rum.
West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2005-06 The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in October and November 2005 as part of the 2005-06 Australian cricket season. The West Indian cricket team will be looking to prove that they can perform against the number one rated side in the world.
West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2006-07 The West Indian cricket team toured Pakistan for cricket matches in the 2006–07 cricket season. The tour immediately followed the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, where West Indies reached the final, and they played their first tour match three days after playing the final.
West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005 West Indies cricket team toured Sri Lanka for two Test matches and a ODI tri-series in July and August 2005. West Indies were severely depleted owing to a contract dispute, which led to players like Brian Lara, Chris Gayle and Corey Collymore refusing to play.
West Indian lanternshark The West Indian lanternshark, Etmopterus robinsi, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western central Atlantic off northeastern Florida and the Straits of Florida, south to the offings of Nicaragua, Hispaniola, and the northern Lesser Antilles, at depths of between 400 and 800 m. Its length is up to 31 cm.
West Indian Manatee The West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) is a manatee, and the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order Sirenia (which also includes the Dugong and the extinct Steller's Sea Cow). Based on genetic and morphological studies, the West Indian Manatee is divided into two sub-species, the Florida Manatee and the Antillean Manatee (or Caribbean Manatee).
West Indian pound The West Indies pound was the currency of several British Caribbean territories until 1949 when it was generally replaced by the West Indian dollar. It was equivalent to the pound sterling and was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.
West Indies and Gulf Coast campaigns The West Indies and Gulf Coast campaigns were operations during the American Revolutionary War in the general region of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf Coast of North America. There was extensive action in the area, particularly after France and Spain entered the war on the side of the United States.
West Indies A cricket team The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago. (These are the countries of the former West Indies Federation, plus Guyana on the South American mainland, being originally British colonies.
West Indies Associated States The West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being British colonies to states in free association with the United Kingdom in 1967. These states included Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent.
West Indies Campaign Medal The West Indies Campaign Medal was a military decoration of the United States Navy and Marine Corps which was issued for service in the West Indies campaign theater of the Spanish-American War. The decoration was established on June 27, 1908 and the first recipient of the award was Rear Admiral John E.
West Indies salad West Indies salad is a regional dish served along the Gulf Coast of the United States that has nothing to do with the West Indies. It was invented by the proprietor of Bayley’s seafood and steak restaurant near Dauphin Island, Alabama.
West Irving Station West Irving Station is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station located in Irving, Texas at Jackson Street near Esters Road (between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas). It opened on November 13, 2000 and is a station on the TRE commuter line (Green Line), serving Irving Mall with connecting bus service to Las Colinas and North Lake College.
West Island The West Island (in French, l'Ouest de l'île) is the unofficial name given to the western cities of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. The name probably originated from the geolinguistic division of the island into French and English, with francophones typically inhabiting the eastern portion of the island and anglophones typically inhabiting the western half.
West Island College The West Island Colleges are a set of private Canadian junior high and high schools, one of which is located in Montreal's West Island, and the other in the south-east of Calgary. The schools also offer a program known as Class Afloat that provides students with an educational experience while sailing all over the world.
West Island Line and South Island Line The West Island Line and South Island Line are two new proposed lines of the Hong Kong MTR metro system. Construction to the southern end of Hong Kong Island, which is at present not serviced by any rail transport, has been approved by the Executive Council of Hong Kong.
West Japan Industrial Club The West Japan Industrial Club (Matsumoto Tei or Nishi Nihon Kogyo Kurabu 西日本工業倶楽部) is in Tobata ward, Kitakyushu. It was designed by Tatsuno Kingo and is a national cultural asset which is open to the public twice a year.
West Jefferson, Ohio West Jefferson is a village which stretches along The National Road in Madison County, Ohio. The village has a fairly close relationship with the surrounding township which include various out-of-corporation-limit neighborhoods (such as Haymarket Street, Olmstead Road, Forrest Lake Estates, Goodson Road/Enchanted Valley, North and South Road, etc).
West Jessamine High School West Jessamine High School is a public high school in Nicholasville, Kentucky. It opened in 1997 along with East Jessamine High School after the rapidly growing Jessamine County split its former high school, Jessamine County High, in two.
West Kennet Long Barrow The West Kennet Long Barrow is a Neolithic tomb or barrow, situated on a prominent chalk ridge, near Silbury Hill, one-and-a-half miles south of Avebury in Wiltshire. The site was recorded by John Aubrey in the 17th century and by William Stukeley in the 18th century.
West Kensington, London West Kensington is an area of west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is at the eastern edge of the borough and also encompasses some western areas of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
West Kentucky Community and Technical College West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC), located in Paducah, KY, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was formed by the 2003 consolidation of West Kentucky Community College and West Kentucky Technical College.
West Kilbride West Kilbride, Portencross and Seamill are related villages in a small area on the west coast of Scotland by the Firth of Clyde, looking across the water to the Isle of Arran. The village of West Kilbride nestles between Law Hill and Tarbert Hill (backed onto by the Crosbie Hills) and is home to Law Castle.
West Kirby West Kirby is a town located on the north west corner of the coast of the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. Its name derives from the fact that it is the most Westerly of the English towns known as Kirkby.

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