Netherley is an area in the city of

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. It is bordered by

Belle Vale Belle Vale is a district of south-east Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward that covers both Belle Vale and Netherley. Description The Belle Vale area shares borders with Huyton, Netherley, Gateacre and Childwall ...

and situated near to

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 ...

Tarbock Tarbock is a village and former civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, in Merseyside, England. It is situated to the south east of Huyton and to the east of Netherley. The village itself is from Liverpool city centre, from ...

and

Halewood Halewood is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. It lies near the city of Liverpool's southeastern boundary, bordered by the suburbs of Netherley, Hunt's Cross and Woolton. Historically a part of Lancashire, ...

. Netherley is a leafy suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is in the south of the city surrounded mostly by farmland and countryside, Liverpool City Council

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

. At the 2001 Census, Netherley had a population of 8,068 (3,703 males, 4,365 females).

Description

Netherley is predominantly a residential area located on the eastern side of Liverpool and is taken up by 44% green belt which restricts potential industrial growth. However Netherley's Caldway Drive is the new location for the Belle Vale Junior Football League which had to relocate from playing fields in nearby Belle Vale to accommodate the building of a new school.

History

Netherley was built on farmland on the edge of

Gateacre Gateacre () is a suburb of Liverpool, England, about from the city centre. It is bordered by Childwall, Woolton and Belle Vale. The area is noted for its Tudor Revival architecture and contains over 100 listed buildings within a quarter-mile r ...

in 1968 for tenants moved out of unfit housing in Liverpool city centre. Lee Manor High School, built in 1970, was originally called Netherley Community Comprehensive School. The school changed its name to Lee Manor High School in the early 1990s and closed in 2000. Many of Netherley's flats and maisonettes were demolished between 1983 and 1985 to make way for new houses. Lee Valley Housing took over management of council properties in 2003, making improvements to 1,700 homes.

Crime

The area has a relatively low crime rate and high employment in 2020.

Economy

The area lost a major local employer, HPL Jars & Containers, in 2006. After thirty plus years, it was bought out by M&H Plastics and production was transferred out of the area.

Education

St. Gregory's Catholic Primary School
received an excellent Ofsted report in 2005. Built at the same time as the local housing, the school has adapted over the years to meet the demands of the area, such as admitting a large number of pupils from Cross Farm School which was closed by the local educational authority due to a surplus of places in the area. The nearby Norman Pannell Primary School is also a popular school in Netherley.

Other services

*Netherley Health Centre *Post Office *Valley Community Theatre .

Gallery

File:CaldwayDriveLiverpool.JPG, Caldway Drive,

File:Netherley Liverpool_-_Jackson_and_Canter_Solicitors_December_1983.jpg, Jackson and Canter Solicitors Offices in Netherley, Liverpool vacated and vandalised, awaiting demolition (December 1983) File:Netherley_Liverpool_-_looking_towards_Paveley_Bank_-_November_1983.jpg, Paveley Bank, Netherley, Liverpool - housing being demolished (December 1983) File:Netherley_Liverpool_-_Paveley_Bank_-_December_1983.jpg, Paveley Bank, Netherley, Liverpool vacated and vandalised, awaiting demolition (December 1983) File:Netherley_Liverpool_-_Tuffins_corner_subway_-_November_1983.jpg, Subway in Netherley, Liverpool vandalised, burned-out car, awaiting demolition (December 1983)

References

External links

Netherley - A Kind of Living
Conditions on Netherley housing estate in the 1970s BBC Radio Merseyside
Netherley - The old Parish of Little Woolton
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