The
Borough of Sefton is a
metropolitan borough of
Merseyside,
England and its local authority is
Sefton Council. Sefton was formed by the
Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, by the amalgamation of the former
county boroughs of
Bootle and
Southport, and, from the administrative county of
Lancashire, the
municipal borough of
Crosby, the
urban districts of
Formby and
Litherland, and part of the
Rural District of
West Lancashire. It also formed part of the new county of Merseyside. The borough consists of a
coastal strip of land on the
Irish Sea, and extends from
Bootle in the south, to Southport in the north. In the south-east, it extends inland to
Maghull. The district is bounded by
Liverpool to the south,
Knowsley to the south-east, and
West Lancashire to the east.