Linacre (ward)

Linacre is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency. It covers the area of Bootle historically known as Linacre, including Bootle town centre, the New Strand Shopping Centre, and Gladstone Dock. According to the 2021 census, the ward had a population of 13,601. From the 2026 United Kingdom local elections, the ward will be renamed Bootle West, following minor boundary changes.

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Quadrant Park

Quadrant Park also known as the Quad or Quaddie was a nightclub in Bootle, UK opened during the late 1980s to the early 1990s. and one of the most important in the UK at the time. and was known to attract a number of international guest DJs. The main styles of music played were Italo house and acid house, retrospectively it could also be defined an early Superclub.

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Bootle New Strand railway station

Bootle New Strand railway station is a railway station in the centre of Bootle, Merseyside, England. It is on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network and serves in particular the nearby New Strand Shopping Centre. The platforms are elevated and are reached by ramps from the entrance at street level. Connecting bus services leave from the nearby bus station in the basement of New Strand Shopping Centre.

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New Strand Shopping Centre

The New Strand Shopping Centre, known locally simply as The Strand, is the main shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, England. Opened in 1968, it was part of a larger Bootle redevelopment during this period, which was also complemented by the establishment of the Girobank headquarters in nearby Netherton. The site occupied by the shopping centre was formerly Victorian houses, in streets that were named after American states. The decision on naming the shopping centre was done so via a public competition, with an 11-year-old school girl submitting the winning entry of "New Strand" in 1965. The Strand opened at a cost of £5 million in 1968, in the centenary year of Bootle receiving its municipal charter. The centre was extended between 1997 and 1998 and completed in November the same year to provide additional retail outlets, as well as additional car-parking facilities and improved transportation to the centre. The Strand centre is widely known for the 1993 abduction of toddler James Bulger, who was taken from the centre by two ten-year-old boys and later murdered. In October 2014, it was announced that London-based Ellandi had purchased the shopping centre, yet it was sold to Sefton Council just two and a half years later. In 2025, the council approved the first phase of a £20 million regeneration for the shopping centre, to incorporate new community spaces following partial demolition.

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Bootle Village railway station

Bootle Village railway station was a station in Bootle, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1850 and closed in 1876. The station opened as Merton Road on 1 October 1850 when the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LC&SR) extended its line from Waterloo south into Liverpool. It was renamed within the first few months to try and prevent passengers getting confused and using the East Lancashire Railway's Bootle Lane station, which might have cost the LC&SR revenue. The station was situated on the southern side of Merton Road where it crossed the railway on a bridge, there were two platforms, one each side of the double-track with a station building located on the east side. The station closed on 1 May 1876 when it, and Miller's Bridge station, were replaced by Bootle Oriel Road which was built between them.

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