What You'll Find in Stockbridge Village
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Area Profile What you’ll find in Stockbridge Village This Area Profile provides you with information about what services and amenities are available on the estate. Further, more detailed information about the estate and various groups, churches and events is available on our website. Villages Housing is committed to providing quality, affordable homes, and to investing resources into the local community and our properties, including £5.5 million for our multi-storey improvement programme. Stockbridge Village is in a brilliant location close to Junction 3 of the M57 Motorway and less than 30 minutes travelling time to Liverpool City Centre. Its excellent transport links means that Stockbridge Village is within convenient commuting distance to many major towns and cities in the North West including Liverpool, Manchester and St Helens. And with Liverpool John Lennon Airport just 20 minutes away, the world is on your doorstep! There are many excellent facilities and amenities locally, including a health club and library and 4 local primary schools to choose from, a special needs school and the brand new state of the art centre for learning, Christ The King Joint Catholic and Church of England secondary school. PRIMARY SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL The Elms Special School Brookside Christ The King Catholic age 4-19 years Cremorne Hey and Church of England Whitethorne Drive 0151 489 4906 Centre for Learning 0151 477 8350 Stockbridge Lane, Huyton, Nine Tree 0151 477 8800 St Brigid’s RC Hollow Croft Waterpark Drive 0151 489 8044 0151 489 6110 St Albert’s R C Steers Croft 0151 477 8560 Photographs courtesy of Knowsley Council Photographs courtesy of Brookside School SHOPS AT THE CROFT ESTATE BUS SERVICES -Post Office (0151-489 7050 ) Number 12 for Liverpool Centre -Chinese takeaway & fish and chips Number 13 for Liverpool Centre -Ladbrokes, Number 258 for Huyton -Dentist: The Croft Dental Surgery For further information please contact Merseytravel (0151 489 1298) 0151 227 5181, www.merseytravel.gov.uk -Newsagents, sweet shop -Sun bed shop: Tropicana 1 The nearest train station is Huyton which runs -Sayers Bakers services to and from Liverpool Lime Street station -Pharmacy and also to St Helens, Wigan, Preston, Blackpool, -K and S Convenience Supermarket and Manchester. There are 2 larger supermarkets nearby: ASDA - Huyton Lane, Huyton (Open 24 hours) TESCO - Deysbrook Lane, West Derby (Open 8am - 10pm) LOCAL AMENITIES AND PLACES OF INTEREST Stockbridge Library SPACE Building The Withens Waterpark Drive 0151 480 3925 0151 477 8586 [email protected]. [email protected] Stockbridge Resource Centre The Wild Flower Centre Prescot Museum Spruce Grove Court Hey Park 34 Church Street 0151 489 3001 Roby Road, Huyton Prescot, L34 3LA [email protected] 0151 443 2155 0151 430 7787 [email protected] CHURCHES POLICE Merseyside Police Father Fintan O’Driscoll Rev Eddie O’Neill Huyton Police Station St Alberts Church St. Judes Vicarage Latham Road, Huyton 31 Hollow Croft 168 Round Hey 0151 709 6010 0151 228 7126 0151 289 3438 THE ESTATE Competitive Rents Annual gardening competition Decorating Allowance Huge financial investment in properties and environment. Rigorous checks on who lives in our homes Diverse range of properties from one bed flats to 5 bedroom houses. Many properties have generous outdoor spaces and gardens Multi-million pound regeneration project providing new facilities such as a brand new swimming pool and gym & sports hall; new primary school and new retail space LOCAL GROUPS GETTING INVOLVED -Stockbridge Ramblers There are many different ways Contact Gwen Osbourne 0151 220 5837 you can get involved including: -Residents Associations -Dancing Divas - Tenants Forum -Amateur Boxing - Readers Panel Contact Mark Shrimpton 07830619015 - Estate Management Committee -Fishing Club - Board Member Contact Peter Caine 07933764761 -Various Football Clubs and many more. For more -After School Club information on how you can get -Mums and Tots involved please contact Barbara -Community Garden Murray on 0151 480 1313 For more information about Villages or the area of Stockbridge Village please contact 0151 480 1313 or visit our website at www.villages.org.uk 16 The Croft, Stockbridge Village, Knowsley, L28 1NR Tel: 0151 480 1313 E-mail: [email protected].