Kirkby

town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England
Place town Q2469070
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Kirkby

Summary

Kirkby is a town[1]. Kirkby ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,176 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kirkby is located in Knowsley[3].
  • Kirkby is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Kirkby's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Kirkby's instance of is recorded as unparished area[6].
  • Kirkby's shares border with is recorded as Formby[7].
  • Kirkby's Commons category is recorded as Kirkby, Merseyside[8].
  • Kirkby's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • Kirkby's local dialing code is recorded as 0151[10].
  • Kirkby's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ409988[11].
  • Kirkby's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.4826, 'lon': -2.892}[12].
  • Kirkby's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kirkby, Merseyside[13].
  • Kirkby has a population of {'amount': '+45564'}[14].
  • Kirkby's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Kirkby[15].
  • Kirkby's different from is recorded as Kirkby[16].
  • Kirkby's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[17].

Body

Geography

Kirkby is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Kirkby is located in Knowsley[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kirkby has a population of {'amount': '+45564'}[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and unparished area[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kirkby include Kirkby railway station[18], a railway station[19], in United Kingdom[20].

Why It Matters

Kirkby ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,176 views/month).[2] Kirkby has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Kirkby is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for Kirkby include Kirkby railway station[18], a railway station[19], in United Kingdom[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Kirkby
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Knowsley
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 53.4826, 'lon': -2.892}
    Population → {'amount': '+45564'}
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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