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Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside. The town was formally known as Bootle-cum-Linacre and has a total resident population of 77,640.[disputed – discuss] Historically part of Lancashire, Bootle's economy has been centred around the docks and their associated industries for decades.Bootle, along with Southport, is one of the two main administrative headquarters for the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton. Among Bootle's neighbouring districts are Kirkdale to the south, Walton to the east, with Seaforth and Litherland to the north. To the west the Port of Liverpool flanks the River Mersey.The old civic centre of Bootle contains large Victorian buildings such as the town hall and the municipal baths. East of this centre is a sizable area of large office blocks, to the west is the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and large areas of docks lining the River Mersey. To the north lies the New Strand Shopping Centre, which gained notoriety after the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in 1993.
