Knotty Ash is an area of

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, England, and a

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, the population at the 2001 Census was 13,200, increasing to 13,312 at the 2011 Census. Knotty Ash is well known as the home of comedian

Ken Dodd Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer and occasional actor. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer", and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances. A life ...

, who often mentioned it in his act.

Description

Knotty Ash is a small area on the eastern fringe of Liverpool and neighbours the

West Derby West Derby ( ) is an affluent suburb of Liverpool, England. It is located East of the city and is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,382. History West Derby Mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'', Wes ...

Old Swan Old Swan is an eastern neighbourhood of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, bordered by Knotty Ash, Stoneycroft, Broadgreen, Fairfield and Wavertree. At the 2011 Census, the population was 16,461. Description Old Swan is centred on the road ju ...

, Broadgreen, Dovecot and

Huyton Huyton ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Urban Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Belle Vale, and the neighbouring village of Roby, with which ...

districts. Its name is derived from a gnarled

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which formerly stood near the present-day Knotty Ash public house. In 2004,

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...

and local resident

planted a new ash tree close to the site of the original.

Governance

Knotty Ash is represented on

by three councillors and is wholly within the

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constituency. The current MP is

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, since 2019.

Education

Knotty Ash contains the

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secondary school Clifford Holroyde and a primary school, Knotty Ash CP.

Transport

Knotty Ash has an extensive bus network which in the main uses the ''Prescot Road corridor''. Services 7, 8/9, 10/10A/10B, 15 and 204 link Knotty Ash to Liverpool City Centre and these services provide links to Dingle, Toxteth, Edge Hill, Kensington, Tuebrook, Wavertree, Old Swan, Stoneycroft, Broadgreen Hospital, Belle Vale, Page Moss and Huyton with some of these services going further afield to Prescot, Whiston, Cronton, Thatto Heath, St Helens, Penketh and Warrington. There are also services like the 61 (Bootle - Aigburth) and 102 (Page Moss/Broadgreen Hospital - Fazakerley Hospital) which don't service the city centre but provide links to various areas of North and South Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton. There are also various ''industrial'' and ''school'' bus services which pass through Knotty Ash too.

Knotty Ash railway station Knotty Ash & Stanley railway station was located on the North Liverpool Extension Line to the north of the East Prescot Road, Knotty Ash, Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a populat ...

on the

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formerly served the area, but this closed to passenger traffic in 1960. The former trackway is now part of

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Route 62. The nearest current National Rail station is Broad Green, approximately a mile away from Knotty Ash where fairly regular trains go to/from

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and generally continue on to Wigan North Western,

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and Warrington Bank Quay stations. Knotty Ash is also approximately a mile away from the western terminus of the

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, ''Rocket Roundabout'' in Broadgreen.

Sport

Between 1951 and 1968, the district was home to the city's

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team Liverpool City who played at their Knotty Ash Stadium, Mill Yard. Their playing strip consisted of white jerseys with a broad green hoop and white shorts. After the 1967–68 season, they left the district and moved to nearby

, changing the club's name to Huyton RLFC. Having no home venue for the 1968–69 season, their new Huyton home ground of Alt Park was opened for the following 1969–70 season.

In popular culture

* In the 1960s, Knotty Ash was made famous in the United Kingdom by stand-up comedian and lifelong resident

Sir Ken Dodd Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer and occasional actor. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer", and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances. A life ...

, as the home of the dwarfish comic characters he called the

Diddy Men The Diddy Men are a mythical race whose invention is often attributed to the Liverpudlian comedian Ken Dodd. However, they have existed in Merseyside mythology for much longer and, along with the Treacle and Jam Butty Mines of Knotty Ash, had ...

. In his

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