Prescot is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies approximately eight miles to the east of Liverpool city centre. At the 2001 Census, the civil parish population was 11,184 (5,265 males, 5,919 females). The population of the larger Prescot East and West wards at the 2011 census totalled 14139.
Population: 40,889
Latitude: 53° 25' 46.13" N
Longitude: -2° 48' 1.12" W
The Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS) at the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, England was the first second-generation synchrotron radiation source to produce X-rays. The research facility provided synchrotron radiation to a large number (at one po…
Sudley House, Aigburth, Liverpool, England is an art gallery which contains the collection of George Holt in its original setting. It includes work by Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, Edwin Landseer, John Everett Millais and J. M. W. Turner.
St Helens South was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
St Helens Junction railway station is a railway station serving St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is in Sutton, 3 miles south-west of St Helens town centre. The station is on the northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, 12 miles (19 km) …
Princes Road Synagogue, located in Toxteth, Liverpool in England, is the home of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation. It was founded in the late 1860s, designed by William James Audsley and George Ashdown Audsley and consecrated on September 2, 18…
Thatto Heath is an area of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northwest of Widnes and about 12 miles (19 km) east of Liverpool city centre. The area is bordered by Eccleston, R…
The National Waterways Museum is located in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, and is situated at the northern end of the Shropshire Union Canal where it meets the Manchester Ship Canal.(grid reference SJ406771) The museum's collections and archives…
Lime Street in Liverpool, England, was created as a street in 1790. Its most famous feature is Lime Street Station. It is part of the William Brown Street conservation area.
Lark Lane is a street in Liverpool, England, noted for its cafés, bars, boutiques, music venues and bistros and has a bohemian reputation. Its proximity to student residences, open green space and the variety of bars and restaurants makes it a popul…
Knowsley Road was a stadium located in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside. It was the home of St Helens RLFC from 1890 until its closure in 2010. St Helens Town FC played their home fixtures at Knowsley Road from 2002 until 2010. For a period, the ven…
King's Dock was a dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. It was situated in the southern dock system, connected to Wapping Dock to the north and Queens Dock to the south. It consisted of two branch docks.
RAF Hooton Park, on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, was a Royal Air Force station originally built for the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 as a training aerodrome for pilots in World War I. During the early/mid-1930s, it was one of the two airfields (wit…
Gladstone Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Bootle. The dock is connected to Seaforth Dock to the north and what remains of Hornby Dock to the south.
Broadgreen Hospital is a teaching hospital located in the suburb of Broadgreen; in the city of Liverpool, England.
Billinge Hill, also known as Billinge Lump, is the highest point in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in North West England. It is also the highest point of Merseyside . It lies in Billinge, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire.
The Battle of Wigan Lane was fought on 25 August 1651 during the Third English Civil War, between Royalists under the command of the Earl of Derby and elements of the New Model Army under the command of Colonel Robert Lilburne.
Allerton TMD is a railway traction maintenance depot situated in Liverpool, England. The depot is opposite Liverpool South Parkway and is visible to the north on the way to Hunts Cross. The depot is located less than 2 km (1.2 mi) from Garston Freig…
Gustav Adolf Church (Swedish: Gustav Adolfs kyrka) or the Scandinavian Seamen's Church (Swedish: Skandinaviska sjömanskyrkan) is located in Park Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It consists of a church, built between 1883-1884, and an attached …