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Knowsley

Knowsley, commonly known as Knowsley Village, is a large village and civil parish in located on the north-east outskirts of , within the much larger It gave its name to the wider borough when it was formed in 1974.
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  • Type: Village with 11,800 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England
  • Also known as: “Knowsley Village” and “Knowsley, Merseyside”
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Knowsley and Knowsley Hall.

Church
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is in Knowsley Lane, Knowsley Village, , England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

Castle
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is a stately home near in the , , England. It is the ancestral home of the Stanley family, the Earls of Derby.

Zoo
Knowsley Safari is a safari park and tourist attraction in , , England. It is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. is situated 2 miles southeast of Knowsley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockbridge Village and Page Moss.

Suburb
is an area of in , . The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 6,018. Up until 1983, the area was formerly known as Cantril Farm, and was the subject of an article in a special report by The Economist entitled "A new kind of ghetto", which described it a predominantly White area of high unemployment and low aspirations.

Suburb
is an area in the borough of , . It borders the city of to the east. Previously known as "The Horns" due to the crime and previous people using guns naming them horns. is situated 2½ miles south of Knowsley.

Town
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is a town in the , , England. The town, historically in , has a size of 4,070 acres is 5 miles north of and 6 miles north-east of Liverpool. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Knowsley.

Knowsley

Latitude
53.45524° or 53° 27′ 19″ north
Longitude
-2.85469° or 2° 51′ 17″ west
Population
11,800
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KNW
Open location code
9C5VF44W+34
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30578574
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2645097
Wiki­data ID
Q1782657
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Knowsley” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Knowsley (Merseyside)”
  • Basque: “Knowsley”
  • Cebuano: “Knowsley (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Knowsley”
  • Dutch: “Knowsley Village”
  • Dutch: “Knowsley”
  • French: “Knowsley”
  • Hebrew: “נואוזלי”
  • Irish: “Knowsley”
  • Italian: “Knowsley”
  • Japanese: “ノーズリー (マージーサイド)”
  • Japanese: “ノウズリー”
  • Ladin: “Knowsley”
  • Lithuanian: “Nouslis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knowsley”
  • Norwegian: “Knowsley”
  • Polish: “Knowsley”
  • Swedish: “Knowsley”
  • Turkish: “Knowsley, Merseyside”
  • Urdu: “نوزلی، مرسی سائیڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Knowsley, Merseyside”
  • Vietnamese: “Knowsley”
  • Welsh: “Knowsley, Glannau Merswy”
  • “Knowsley”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Knowsley”. Photo: slrjester, CC BY 2.0.