Wallasey Village is a district of the town of

Wallasey Wallasey () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England; until 1974, it was part of the historic county of Cheshire. It is situated at the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Pe ...

, within the

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. Localities within this area are informally said to be in "The Village". At the 2001 Census the population of the district was 8,550. Wallasey Village is the most westerly township in Wallasey, being bordered by the Wallasey suburbs of New Brighton to the north east,

Liscard Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Sh ...

to the east and Poulton to the south east. Further west is

Leasowe Leasowe () is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Historically within Cheshire (ceased to be in 1974), Leasowe was part of the old County Borough of Wallasey. It is now within the Leasowe and Moreton East War ...

, and to the north, beyond Harrison Park, is the King's Parade fronting

Liverpool Bay Liverpool Bay is a bay of the Irish Sea between northeast Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to the east of the Irish Sea. The bay is a classic example of a region of freshwater influence. Liverpool Bay has historically suffered from red ...

. The Wirral Show used to be held on the extensive grassed areas - known as "the Dips" along this promenade, to the west of New Brighton.

History

St Hilary’s Church may date back to the earliest days of Christianity in Britain. There are just eight churches in Britain named after the

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, St. Hilary, who contributed to the

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in 325 AD, and it is thought that they were founded by St Germanus, who was invited from France as a missionary by the 5th century English church. The tower is all that remains of a later church, which was built in 1530 but destroyed by fire in 1857: by the time someone had raced to

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to alert the fire brigade, and they had harnessed the horses to the fire tenders and galloped back to Wallasey, little remained of the church apart from a charred shell and the tower. Until about the 15th century, the village was generally known as ''Kirkby in Walley''. This derives from the Norse words meaning "village with a church", and ''Walea'', the Anglo-Saxon name for Wallasey as recorded in the ''

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''. The village of

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(or ''Kirkby'') was so named to differentiate it from this ''Kirkby''. On 24 December 2022, a gunman killed a woman and injured four men at a shooting at a pub.

Geography

Wallasey Village is situated to the north-east of the Wirral Peninsula, adjoining the

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to the north-west of the village. The village is less than west-south-west of the

River Mersey The River Mersey () is in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it has formed part ...

at New Brighton and east-north-east of the

Dee Estuary The Dee Estuary ( cy, Aber Dyfrdwy) is a large estuary by means of which the River Dee flows into Liverpool Bay. The estuary starts near Shotton after a five-mile (8 km) 'canalised' section and the river soon swells to be several miles ...

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. The centre of Wallasey Village is at an elevation of around above sea level.

Community

Wallasey Village is a largely residential area with various shops and pubs along the central road, Wallasey Village (road), with some extending along the eastern end of Leasowe Road. Wallasey Village forms part of

's Wallasey ward and is represented by

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Councillors: Lesley Rennie, Paul Hayes and Ian Lewis. The most recent local elections took place on 5 May 2016, when Ian Lewis was elected by 50% of the votes cast and a majority of 675.

Transport

There are two railway stations within this area:

Wallasey Village Wallasey Village is a district of the town of Wallasey, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in England. Localities within this area are informally said to be in "The Village". At the 2001 Census the population of the district was 8,550. W ...

and Wallasey Grove Road. Both are well-used despite their close proximity (approx 0.5 miles): this is mainly because Wallasey Grove Road Station has a large free car park for travellers wishing to

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuting, commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail t ...

and excellent ground level access whereas Wallasey Village Station connects with the major bus routes which run along Leasowe Road where it is situated.

References

External links

History of WallaseyWallasey - Village Of Yesteryear (movie montage of Victorian and Edwardian images)
{{Populated Places in Wirral Borough Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Wallasey