Historically in Lancashire, it is north of Bootle, south of Southport and Formby, and west of Netherton.

The town has Viking roots in common with the other -by suffixed settlements of Formby to the north and Kirkby to the east.

They are now all Labour Party councillors Michael Roche, Leslie Byrom CBE FRCIS, and Jan Grace.

[10] Of those aged 16–74, 28.1% had no academic qualifications, similar to 28.9% in all of England and slightly lower than the 31.0% for the Sefton borough.

[13] Crosby's environs include several miles of beach, a marina, a number of parks and a large area of woodland known as Ince Woods.

In recent years Crosby has featured in The Sunday Times "Best Places to Live" list.

Bus services run by Arriva and Stagecoach link the town to Liverpool, Southport and Preston.

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada.

[citation needed] The town is served by the local newspaper, Liverpool Echo (and also formerly the Crosby Herald).

[17] Marine AFC (association football) and Waterloo RUFC (rugby union) are both based in the area.

Who are also in m and d division one and headed by head coach Lee Martin and supported by many other experienced coaches such as Nigel Forshaw, Damien Lyons and Ben Gilbertson The Northern Club, a multi-sport club featuring cricket, hockey, crown green bowls, squash, racketball and snooker, is situated in the Moor Park area of Crosby.