Coordinates: 53°22′39″N 2°57′41″W / 53.3774°N 2.9613°W
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  Dingle
 Dingle shown within Merseyside |
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| Population | 13,246 2001 Census[1] |
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| Metropolitan borough | Liverpool |
| Metropolitan county | Merseyside |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode district | L8 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Liverpool Riverside |
| List of places: UK • England • Merseyside | |
Dingle (known locally as the Dingle) is an inner-city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by the adjoining districts of Toxteth and Aigburth. At the 2001 Census, the population was recorded at 13,246.[1]
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History
Dingle is an area entirely within the boundaries of the old Toxteth Park.
It is named after Dingle Brook (Dingle meaning a wooded valley), which rose at High Park Street and roughly followed Park Road, towards the Old Toxteth Chapel, just south of Dingle Lane and entered the River Mersey at Knott's Hole, which was just behind Dingle Point. It was a mainly Protestant area which developed from the influx of Welsh settlers, whilst the North end of Liverpool was settled by Irish immigrants, and became mainly Catholic.
Between 1896 and 1956, the Liverpool Overhead Railway's terminus and only underground station was Dingle railway station, located on Park Road, Dingle. This was the end of the line for services from Seaforth and Litherland in the north of the city.
Description
Dingle is the last of the southern inner-city districts of Liverpool. Further south of Dingle are the suburbs. This area is traditionally working class, housing being mostly terraced, although many of the terraced streets are being pulled down to make room for more modern development to attract wealthier middle class workers. In Liverpool this area is usually referred to as the Dingle.
Like many districts in Liverpool, there isn't universal agreement about where the Dingle begins/ends. The old township of 'Toxteth Park' covers a much bigger area encompassing Parliament Street, Lodge Lane, Smithdown Road, Penny Lane, Greenbank Road, Aigburth Vale, and St Michael-in-the-Hamlet. Some locals regard Dingle as being within the area encompassed by Warwick Street, in the north, Princes Road, Devonshire Road, and Dingle Lane. Some define the Dingle as above but only as far as Grafton Street and not to the bank of the Mersey, as this area was part of Liverpool Docks. The area between Admiral Street and Princes Road is known as Princes Park, after the nearby parkland.
Location filming for the BBC Television series Bread, written by Carla Lane, was primarily in Dingle's Elswick Street. In 2007, residents in the Shorefields area of Dingle signed a petition to block plans for a new twelve storey residential development on the infilled Herculaneum Dock.[2]
Transport
The nearest railway stations are Brunswick for people living in the Grafton Street area and St Michaels for those living in the Dingle Lane area. Both stations are on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail system. Regular trains depart for Liverpool city centre, Southport and Hunts Cross.
Bus services are provided by Arriva, Stagecoach and Merseytravel
Notable People
References
- ^ a b "2001 Census: Dingle". Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=561308&c=dingle&d=14&e=16&g=358844&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1220893396343&enc=1. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
- ^ "People of ‘Bread streets’ likely to lose their view". Liverpool Daily Post. 14 April 2007. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/04/14/people-of-bread-streets-likely-to-lose-their-view-64375-18902254/. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
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