Heswall is a town in
Wirral, in the county of
Merseyside,
England. Administratively, it is a
ward of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. At the time of the
2001 Census, the total population of the ward was 16,012 (male: 7,474; female: 8,538), which included the nearby villages of
Barnston and
Gayton. The population of the town of Heswall itself was 7,750. By the time of the census 2011 population details for Heswall town were no longer maintained. However the ward's population had decreased to 13,401 (male: 6,400; female: 7,001).