Clubmoor
Encyclopedia
Clubmoor is a district of Liverpool
, Merseyside
, England
and a Liverpool City Council
ward.
At the 2001 Census
the population was recorded as 13,387. The Clubmoor ward is heavily residential but with a few areas of employment such as the nearby district centre known locally as "Broadway" situated on Broadway/Broad Lane.
As a Liverpool City Council ward, it is represented by three Labour Party
councillors - Roz Gladden, James Noakes and Irene Rainey. The local Member of Parliament is Labour MP Steve Rotherham.
, Anfield
and Tuebrook
. The main Liverpool inner ring-road Queens Drive (A5058)
passes through Clubmoor.
Transport wise, Clubmoor is well served by buses on the routes to Liverpool city centre and also on Queens Drive. Until 1960 it was served by Clubmoor railway station
on the old loop line.
and RAF Sealand
used the open spaces in Clubmoor for playing baseball. This land as well as the nearby Breckside park depot was also used for storing Tanks, Ack Ack guns, Landing crafts etc there to prepare them for shipping to Europe and Africa. Houses were also built next to the railway depot with the streets with American States as names.
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and a Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Joe Anderson.-Domain:...
ward.
At the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
the population was recorded as 13,387. The Clubmoor ward is heavily residential but with a few areas of employment such as the nearby district centre known locally as "Broadway" situated on Broadway/Broad Lane.
As a Liverpool City Council ward, it is represented by three Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
councillors - Roz Gladden, James Noakes and Irene Rainey. The local Member of Parliament is Labour MP Steve Rotherham.
Description
The Clubmoor area is situated in north Liverpool and is bordered by the nearby districts of Norris GreenNorris Green
Norris Green is a large housing estate and council ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 17,784.-History:...
, Anfield
Anfield, Liverpool
Anfield is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward.-Toponymy:Originally common pasture land, the area had the name of Hanging-fields or Hangfield - the name originating from the deeply sloping nature of the terrain. The name was also frequently written as...
and Tuebrook
Tuebrook
Tuebrook is an area of inner-city Liverpool, Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 14,490.-Toponymy:The origin of the name may be Tew Brook, which was a tributary of the Alt...
. The main Liverpool inner ring-road Queens Drive (A5058)
A5058 road
The A5058 road, known as Queens Drive for much of its length, is a major ring road in Liverpool. It is that part of the A5058 that connects Breeze Hill in Bootle, at the intersection with the A59, with Aigburth Vale in Allerton. The road was designed by civil engineer John Alexander...
passes through Clubmoor.
Transport wise, Clubmoor is well served by buses on the routes to Liverpool city centre and also on Queens Drive. Until 1960 it was served by Clubmoor railway station
Clubmoor railway station
Clubmoor railway station was a station located on the North Liverpool Extension Line at Broad Lane, Norris Green, Liverpool, England, it opened on 14 April 1927. This was part of the Cheshire line link from Halewood to Southport...
on the old loop line.
Ammunition train incident
During world war 2, a notable incident of the area was the ammunition train explosion of 1940. The train was leaving the docks in order to avoid the luftwaffe bombing, but was hit near Townsend Lane with the explosion sent the debris flying in all directions at such speed that a train wheel smashed through the doorway of the Clubmoor pub killing the manager. The driver of the train, George Roberts (later awarded a medal) acted extremely selflessly and managed to detach the back end of the train and shunt it away to stop it from catching fire. One of the men was off duty railwayman John Guinan from Witton Road who ran to help as soon as he heard the blast. To this day, many of the surrounding houses have been affected by the blast.Post 1945-Present day
During the 1950s, US Troops from RAF BurtonwoodRAF Burtonwood
RAF Burtonwood was a Royal Air Force station in England, 2 miles north-west of Warrington, Lancashire. During World War II and the Cold War it was used by the United States Air Force and was also known as USAAF station 590.- Overview :...
and RAF Sealand
RAF Sealand
RAF Sealand was a former Royal Air Force station in Flintshire, north Wales and operated between 1916 and 2006.Under defence cuts announced in 2004 RAF Sealand was completely closed in April 2006. All remaining RAF units were moved to RAF Leeming...
used the open spaces in Clubmoor for playing baseball. This land as well as the nearby Breckside park depot was also used for storing Tanks, Ack Ack guns, Landing crafts etc there to prepare them for shipping to Europe and Africa. Houses were also built next to the railway depot with the streets with American States as names.