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Allerton, Merseyside

Allerton
Allerton, Merseyside (Merseyside)
Allerton, Merseyside

Allerton shown within Merseyside
OS grid reference SJ415865
Metropolitan borough City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county Merseyside
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LIVERPOOL
Postcode district L18
Police Merseyside
Fire Merseyside
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
List of places: UKEnglandMerseyside

Coordinates: 53°′″N 2°′″W / 53.3685, -2.8934

Allerton is a suburb of the city of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Mossley Hill, Woolton, Hunts Cross and Grassendale.

Allerton has a number of large houses in the prestigious Calderstones Park area, with mainly 1930s semi-detached housing around the shopping area of Allerton Road. Allerton is paired with nearby Hunts Cross to form the Allerton and Hunts Cross city council ward. There are three secondary schools, New Heys, St Benedicts and Calderstones School.

History

In the Domesday Book it appears as 'Alretune' meaning 'the alder enclosure', derived from the Anglo-Saxon alr 'alder' and tún 'enclosure or village'.

Allerton was made an urban district by the Local Government Act 1894, and added to the county borough of Liverpool in 1913. [1].

In the past ten years many new bars and restaurants have opened in Allerton - mainly on Allerton road and is a popular place for pubgoers.

Attractions

Transport

  • Allerton is served by two railway stations: Liverpool South Parkway on the border of Allerton and Garston, and West Allerton on Booker Avenue. Both stations offer services to Liverpool city centre and Manchester, but Liverpool South Parkway also has services to Southport and Hunts Cross (on the Merseyrail Northern Line and the fast service to Birmingham as well. The former Allerton railway station has been replaced with South Parkway, although as the platforms are in use as this new station, it does, in effect, still exist.
  • The nearest major bus stop is at Liverpool South Parkway, with the 86 service to the city centre and bus shuttles to Liverpool John Lennon Airport. There are several bus stops around the district with links to adjacent districts, Knowsley and the city centre.

Notable residents

References

    • Liverpool District Placenames, Henry Harrison, 1898


    City of Liverpool
    Districts
    Aigburth | Allerton | Anfield | Belle Vale | Broadgreen | Canning | Childwall | Clubmoor | Croxteth | Dingle | Dovecot | Edge Hill | Everton | Fairfield | Fazakerley | Garston | Gateacre | Grassendale | Hunts Cross | Kensington | Kirkdale | Knotty Ash | Mossley Hill | Netherley | Norris Green | Old Swan | St Michael's Hamlet | Speke | Stoneycroft | Toxteth | Tuebrook | Walton | Wavertree | West Derby | Woolton
    City Council Wards

    Allerton & Hunts Cross | Anfield | Belle Vale | Central | Childwall | Church | Clubmoor | County | Cressington | Croxteth | Everton | Fazakerley | Greenbank | Kensington & Fairfield | Kirkdale | Knotty Ash | Mossley Hill | Norris Green | Old Swan | Picton | Princes Park | Riverside | Speke Garston | St Michaels | Tuebrook and Stoneycroft | Warbreck | Wavertree | West Derby | Woolton | Yew Tree


     
     
     

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