Kirkdale, Merseyside

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.4273
longitude= -2.9986
official_name= Kirkdale
population=
metropolitan_borough= Liverpool
metropolitan_county= Merseyside
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Liverpool Walton
post_town= LIVERPOOL
postcode_district = L4,L5
postcode_area= L
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ337927
map_type= Merseyside

Kirkdale is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward that covers both Kirkdale and Vauxhall.

Description

It is a primarily working class area, consisting of mainly Victorian terraced houses. From 1885 to 1983 it was part of the Liverpool Kirkdale constituency.

Kirkdale is bordered by Bootle to the north, Walton and Everton to the east, and Vauxhall to the south. Boundary Street was an ancient division between the township of Kirkdale and Liverpool before Liverpool's expansion took in Kirkdale in the 1860's and thus separates Kirkdale and Vauxhall.

Transport

There are three railway stations in the district, owing to its size and location near where the Merseyrail Northern Line branches diverge. The stations are: Bank Hall, located near the boundary with Bootle on the branch to Southport; Kirkdale station itself, serving the main housing area and Sandhills, a busy station acting as the Northern Line junction station.

Notable residents

*April Ashley
*Bessie Braddock
*Victor Grayson
*Brian Jacques
*Jim Larkin
*Paul Reynolds, musician

External links

* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=4 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 4]
* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=5 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 5]
* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=16 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 20]
* [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-29270.pdf Liverpool City Council, Ward Profile: Kirkdale]