Upton is a village in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, England, and is situated within 4 miles of Birkenhead, 4 miles of the Dee Estuary, a similar distance from the River Mersey, and 2 miles from Liverpool Bay. The village is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in the metropolitan county of Merseyside. Upton was in the traditional count…Upton is a village in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, England, and is situated within 4 miles of Birkenhead, 4 miles of the Dee Estuary, a similar distance from the River Mersey, and 2 miles from Liverpool Bay. The village is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in the metropolitan county of Merseyside. Upton was in the traditional county of Cheshire. At the 2011 census, the population was 16,130.