Liverpool has been described as having "the most splendid setting of any English city." 176 miles (283 kilometers) northwest of London, located on the Liverpool Bay of the Irish Sea the city of Liverpool is built across a ridge of sandstone hills rising up to a height of around 230 feet (70 m) above sea-level at Everton Hill, which represents the southern boundary of the West Lancashire Coastal Plain.
The Mersey Estuary separates Liverpool from the Viral Peninsula. The boundaries of Liverpool are adjacent to Boole, Crosby and Mag hull in south Seton to the north, and Kirby, Hutton, Prescott and Hale wood in Knowles to the east.