Aintree (Merseyside)

Aintree est un village et une paroisse civile du district métropolitain de Sefton, Merseyside (Angleterre). Appartenant historiquement au Lancashire, la localité est située entre Walton et Maghull sur la route A59 (en), environ 5,5 milles (8,9 km) au nord-est du centre-ville de Liverpool (en), en Angleterre du Nord-Ouest. Aintree compte 6 689 habitants en 2011. Le lieu est surtout connu pour ses courses de chevaux : la course d'Aintree est mondialement connue, elle se déroule au début du mois d'avril. L'épreuve phare est celle de Steeple-chase : le Grand National. Aintree a également accueilli, en plus des courses hippiques, des épreuves de course automobile, avec le Grand Prix de Grande-Bretagne sur le circuit d'Aintree dans les années 1950 et 1960, ainsi que des concerts. Le 11 septembre 1988, le site a accueilli le plus grand concert du Bad World Tour de Michael Jackson, en réunissant 125 000 personnes.

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Kirkby Ski Slope

Kirkby Ski Slope was an artificial ski slope that was built in Kirkby, near Liverpool, England, in the 1970s. The ski slope never opened and was source of considerable controversy around how it was built and funded.

Skiing

Rice Lane railway station

Rice Lane railway station is a railway station in Liverpool, England, located to the north of the city centre in the Walton district. It is on the Kirkby branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station was opened on 20 November 1848, and was known as Preston Road until 14 May 1984. It is located just to the north of Walton Junction, where the Kirkby and Ormskirk branches of the Northern line diverge; Walton (Merseyside) station on the Ormskirk line is close by (5 minutes away on foot along Hornby Road).

Train

St Chad's Church, Kirkby

St Chad's Church is in Old Hall Lane, Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Huyton, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is united with those of St Mark, Kirkby: St Martin, Southdene, Kirkby: and Tower Hill, St Andrew, Kirkby. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

Church

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Home Bargains

T.J. Morris Limited, trading as Home Bargains, is a British variety store and garden centre chain founded in 1976 by Tom Morris in Liverpool, England, as Home and Bargain.

Shopping

Warbreck (ward)

Warbreck ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council containing parts of the Walton and Orrell Park areas of Liverpool.

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