Barnston is a village on the
Wirral Peninsula, in the county of
Merseyside, England, situated to the north east of
Heswall. Administratively, the village is located in the Pensby & Thingwall
Ward of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and the parliamentary constituency of
Wirral West. At the
2001 Census, Barnston had a population of 3,620 (1,700 males, 1,920 females) At the
2011 Census, the population was 947 (501 males, 441 females).