Thornton

Thornton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire and situated to the north east of Crosby, it is a residential area of semi-detached and detached housing which dates mainly from the 1930s.

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Type: Village with 2,210 residents
Description: village and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside, England
Also known as: “Thornton, Merseyside”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Family Catholic High School and Thornton Cemetery, Merseyside.

Holy Family Catholic High School

School

Holy Family Catholic High School is a Catholic comprehensive school situated in Thornton, Merseyside, England, catering for mixed pupils aged 11–18. The current intake at the school is 885, of which 156 are aged 16–18 pursuing further education in the school's own sixth form, with student attainment Year 13 above average in 2004, compared with all sixth forms nationally.

Thornton Cemetery, Merseyside

Cemetery

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St Mary’s Church, Presbytery and Convent, Little Crosby

Church

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St. Mary's Church, Presbytery and Convent are in Back Lane, Little Crosby, Sefton, Merseyside, England. The church is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Liverpool which was built in 1845–47.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Crosby and Lunt.

Little Crosby

Village

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Little Crosby is a small village in the Sefton district of Merseyside, England. Despite being within 8 miles of Liverpool it has retained its rural character by, for example, opting not to have street lights.

Lunt

Village

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Lunt is a small village in the civil parish of Sefton, in the borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, close to Sefton Village and to the west of Maghull and is in the L29 postcode.