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    3°01′30″W / 53.416°N 3.025°W / 53.416; -3.025 The Mersey Ferry is a ferry service operating on the River Mersey in northwest England, between Liverpool to the...
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  • "Ferry Cross the Mersey" is a song written by Gerry Marsden. It was first recorded by his band Gerry and the Pacemakers and released in late 1964 in the...
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    "Ferry Cross the Mersey" by Gerry and the Pacemakers. Its name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon mǣres, 'of a boundary' and ēa, 'a river'. The Mersey was...
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    Packet ferry service also operates from Princes Landing Stage, at a berth adjacent to those used by the Mersey Ferries. In addition to the Mersey Ferries, the...
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    Merseyside (section Ferries)
    Mersey Ferry. Merseyside contains green belt interspersed throughout the county, surrounding the Liverpool urban area, as well as across the Mersey in the...
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    The MV Royal Iris of the Mersey is a Mersey Ferry in operation on the River Mersey, England. From launch in Devon in 1959 until a major refurbishment...
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    bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 88,818. Birkenhead Priory and the Mersey Ferry were established...
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    Timetable". Mersey Ferries. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009. "River Explorer Cruises". Mersey Ferries. Archived from...
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  • new train stations and replacement ferries". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 31 August 2019. "New Ferry". Mersey Ferries. Retrieved 30 October 2024. "MetroCard...
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    Mersey Ferries). Twelve Quays, Birkenhead ferry port serves winter Isle of Man ferry service and Stena Line to Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Mersey Ferry...
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    Mersey Railway was nationalised, along with most other British railway companies, in 1948. Records exist of a ferry service across the River Mersey between...
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  • Ferry Cross the Mersey is a 1964 British musical film directed by Jeremy Summers and starring Gerry and the Pacemakers. It was written by David Franden...
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    spurred the growth of ferries across the River Mersey. By the end of the 18th century the Wirral side of the Mersey had five ferry houses, at Seacombe,...
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    and lorries at the Mersey Ferry terminal, so once royal assent to a parliamentary bill was received, construction of the first Mersey road tunnel started...
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    its shares in Mersey Docks & Harbour Company, Tribune, 2 April 1998, retrieved 4 July 2024 Maund, T.B. (November 1991), Mersey Ferries - Volume 1, Transport...
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  • capacity is the metric. The sole contender as oldest ferry in continuous operation is the Mersey Ferry from Liverpool to Birkenhead, England. In 1150, the...
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  • Ferry Cross the Mersey is the soundtrack for the 1965 film of the same title, starring Gerry and the Pacemakers, who recorded the titular song. Both the...
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    The South Ferry Basin is a tidal basin on the River Mersey, in England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated near the southern dock system, it is...
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    MV Royal Iris (category Mersey Ferries)
    (MV Royal Iris) The MV Royal Iris is a twin screw, diesel-electric, Mersey Ferry. The vessel was built by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton (Yard...
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    New Ferry is an urban area on the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, with the River Mersey to...
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    Liscard, Poulton and Seacombe, from where there were occasional ferries across the Mersey. There was also a mill (at Mill Lane), and from the mid-18th century...
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    Warrington to Parr following which extensions were constructed at the Mersey end to Fiddlers Ferry and then to Widnes, while at the northern end it was extended...
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    MV Royal Daffodil (category Mersey Ferries)
    MV Royal Daffodil is a former ferry based on the River Mersey, England. From launch until a major refit in 1998 /1999, she was named MV Overchurch, she...
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  • Royal Daffodil may refer to:- SS Royal Daffodil, originally a Mersey ferry named Daffodil, gained the Royal prefix after the Zeebrugge Raid on 1918 MV...
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    New Ferry and Woodside Ferry and the opening of the Mersey Railway between Liverpool and nearby Green Lane railway station in 1886. By 1904, the ferry service...
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    Blake was commissioned to design exterior paintwork for MV Snowdrop, a Mersey Ferry, which he called "Everybody Razzle Dazzle", combining his trademark motifs...
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    Transport Museum. Rock Ferry is situated on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula, at the western side of the River Mersey. The area is approximately...
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    of the terminals for the Mersey Ferry, the legendary "Ferry 'cross the Mersey" described by Gerry & The Pacemakers. The ferry travels in a triangular route...
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  • The Mersey Pirate is a British children's television programme that was shown in 1979. Based aboard a Mersey ferry, the Royal Iris, anchored at Liverpool...
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  • (Estonia) King Harry Steam Ferry Company Ltd (River Fal) Lake Koman Ferry (Northern Albania) Maregiglio (Italy) Merseytravel (Mersey Ferry) Minoan Lines (Italy...
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