 The population was 45 in 1801, 57 in 1851 and 71 in 1901.Landican is in the central part of the Wirral Peninsula, approximately south-south-east of the Irish Sea at Leasowe Lighthouse, east-north-east of the Dee Estuary at Thurstaston and west-south-west of the River Mersey at Tranmere Oil Terminal.Landican is situated between Thurstaston Hill and the Bidston to Storeton ridge, with the centre of the hamlet at an elevation of about above sea level.