Raby Mere

Raby Mere
Hamlet
Ice and ducks on Raby Mere
Raby Mere Location within Merseyside
Population	750 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ336808
• London	174 mi (280 km)[2] SE
Metropolitan borough	Wirral
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIRRAL
Postcode district	CH63 0
Dialling code	0151
ISO 3166 code	GB-WRL
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Wirral South
List of places UK England Merseyside 53°19′14″N 2°59′52″W / 53.3205°N 2.9977°W / 53.3205; -2.9977

Raby Mere is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Adjacent to the Green Belt, woodland and open countryside, it is known for its mere, a lake that has been used for leisure purposes for many years. The hamlet of Raby is located two miles (three kilometres) west.

Since local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, Raby Mere has been situated administratively within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. It is in the Clatterbridge Ward in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. At the time of the 2011 Census, Raby Mere, with its small residential area of exclusively detached homes, had a total population of 750.^[1]

Raby Mere is in the south-eastern part of the Wirral Peninsula, approximately 13 km (8 mi) south-southeast of the Irish Sea at Wallasey, about 7.5 km (4+3⁄4 mi) east of the Dee Estuary at Gayton and about 3.5 km (2+1⁄4 mi) west of the River Mersey at Eastham. The mere is at an elevation of around 24 m (79 ft) above sea level.^[3]

The parish churches are All Saints Church, Thornton Hough and St George's Church, Thornton Hough. The local primary school is Thornton Hough Primary.

The M53 motorway runs along the western side of Raby Mere. The nearest access point is at Junction 4 of the motorway, about two kilometres (1+1⁄4 mi) north.

The hamlet is served by the Number 84 bus that runs Mondays to Saturdays every two hours during the day from Heswall to Raby Mere via Clatterbridge, Spital and Bromborough run by Avon Buses.