Tuebrook
Coordinates: 53°25′44″N 2°56′02″W / 53.429°N 2.934°W
| Tuebrook | |
 Tuebrook
Tuebrook shown within Merseyside |
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| Population | 14,490 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SJ379928 |
| Metropolitan borough | City of Liverpool |
| Metropolitan county | Merseyside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode district | L6, L13 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Liverpool West Derby |
| List of places: UK • England • Merseyside | |
Tuebrook is an area of inner-city Liverpool, Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 14,490.[1]
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[edit] Toponymy
The origin of the name may be Tew Brook, which was a tributary of the Alt. The Brook itself is now almost entirely piped or culverted, with the last exposed section at the back of a disused cinema.
[edit] Description
Tuebrook includes Newsham Park, the Victorian, Grade I listed building St John's Church, Tuebrook Market and Tuebrook police station. It is part of the Parliamentary Constituency of Liverpool West Derby. An interesting characteristic of the main shopping street is that all shops are on one side of the street only. This is largely due to extensive demolition during upgrading of the main road.
The area is bisected by West Derby Road, an east/west arterial route out of Liverpool City Centre. Tuebrook also has a railway line which runs north/south from Tuebrook sidings near Edge Hill to Kirkdale in the north. The bridge, carrying the Canada Dock Branch over West Derby Road, used to accommodate Tue Brook railway station until 1948.
Tuebrook has two secondary schools nearby: Holly Lodge Girls College located on Queens Drive and West Derby School located on Mill Bank.
[edit] Politics
The area is politically interesting, as it consistently elects Liberal (as opposed to Liberal Democrat) Councillors to Liverpool City Council. Indeed, at recent elections, the Tuebrook Liberals have enjoyed the largest majorities of any councillors on Liverpool City Council.
The current councillors for the Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Ward (Tuebrook until 2004) are Steve Radford, Chris Lenton and Hazel Williams. Radford's personal popularity enabled him to finish second in the 2001 general election for Liverpool West Derby, coming ahead of both Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates. However, in the 2005 general election, this popularity was not enough to keep him in second place and he slipped back down to third, depriving his Liberal Party of its only 2nd place showing in the UK.
[edit] Transport
There are regular buses (numbers 12, 13, 15, 18A, 62, 68 and variants thereof), providing services to the city centre, as well as to Aigburth, Bootle, Croxteth, Huyton and Stockbridge Village.
The Merseytram System (Line 1) was due to run through Tuebrook but this has now been cancelled after funding from the British Government was denied.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2001 Census: Tuebrook, Office for National Statistics, http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=561324&c=tuebrook&d=14&e=15&g=359526&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1231551535703&enc=1, retrieved 10 January 2009
[edit] External links
- Liverpool Ward Profile: Tuebrook & Stoneycroft
- Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 13
- Search Facebook for TUEBROOK UNCOVERED a local history site with over 850 vintage photos and information
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