Litherland

Litherland est une petite ville du Merseyside, dans l'Ouest de l'Angleterre.

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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.

Shopping Train

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.

Shopping

2.4 km

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.

Neighbourhood Shopping

2.4 km

North Mersey and Alexandra Docks railway station

North Mersey station opened on 27 August 1866 as the terminus of the North Mersey Branch of the L&YR. The station was for goods only and initially there was an extensive goods yard at the foot of the descent down to river level and alongside the slope. A four-storey warehouse, loading mound and goods sheds was constructed between 1881 and 1884. The station was renamed North Mersey & Alexandra Docks station on 1 August 1892. By 1894 the yard was equipped with a 5-ton crane. The station was situated on Regent Road, immediately inland from Hornby Dock and Alexandra Dock 3. The station was connected to the North Mersey Branch at its northern end, to the south it was connected to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (MDHB) rail network which gave access to more dock facilities. The warehouse was extended in 1900 after a tender was let in 1899. Timber traffic passing through the local docks grew around the turn of the century and an extensive timber yard was laid out in 1904 to handle it, in 1907 the yard was fitted with an electric cantilever crane of 10 tons capacity. The crane, built by the local firm of Muskers had a 28-foot track gauge, a transverse span of 172 feet, a traverse of 1,620 feet and was capable of stacking timers to a height of 40 feet. In 1917—1918 the station was used as a transit depot for American troops, they disembarked and were put straight on trains without setting foot in the city. The North Mersey depot was adjacent to the massive grain elevators of the Liverpool Grain Storage and Transit Company, and later the 2,858,000 cubic feet of cold storage constructed at the end of Alexandra Dock 3. In 1929 the warehouse was reported to be 94,500 square feet capacity. After it opened in 1927 the station served the Gladstone Dock where the largest Atlantic liners were berthed. The timber yard crane was dismantled after 10 September 1952. The station closed to all traffic on 10 June 1968.

Industrial Maritime

Church of St Monica, Bootle

St. Monica's is a Roman Catholic parish church in Bootle, Merseyside. The church building was designed by the architect F. X. Velarde. Construction was started in 1930 and completed in 1936, and the church was dedicated by Archbishop Richard Downey on 4 October that year. It is a brick structure with a green glaze pantile roof, and is a Grade I listed building. The church is inspired by German churches of the 1930s. Three sculptures of angels were sculpted by H. Tyson Smith. Other sculptures include winged creatures. The current priest is Father Ged Gallagher who has been at the church since 2019 after he succeeded Father Pat Sexton.

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