Gayton is a village in the Wirral district, in Merseyside, England, located between Heswall and Parkgate.

[1] The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse Geit-tún, meaning 'goat farmstead'.

[6] Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of Wirral Urban District in the county of Cheshire.

[8] Gayton Windmill, built of red sandstone and Wirral's oldest tower mill,[9] ceased operation in 1875.

The village is approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south-south-east of the Irish Sea at Hoylake and about 8 km (5.0 mi) west-south-west of the River Mersey at Port Sunlight.