Kew, Merseyside
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Kew is a suburb of Southport
, a seaside town in Sefton, Merseyside
, England
. It makes up the south eastern edge of the town, bordering Scarisbrick
. It is a middle class
area of mostly modern development.
The area was originally a 12 acre garden & zoological site in the 1880s, named after Kew Gardens in Surrey. Visitors to the Town would travel via horse tram to enjoy the gardens, pavilion & lake which had gondoliers. Parts of the lake & gardens still survive. Modern day Kew is a mid-late 20th century housing estate close to the Hospital which was built on Blowick Moss & also former playing fields. The roads are mainly named after horse racing venues & the area includes a small shopping area, a primary school (Kew Woods) & a pub named The Pageant.
It is one of Southport's smallest suburbs.
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...
, a seaside town in Sefton, 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...
. It makes up the south eastern edge of the town, bordering Scarisbrick
Scarisbrick
Scarisbrick is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England. It is spread out along the A570 so there is no real village centre, though the junction with the A5147 is close to the geographic centre...
. It is a middle class
Middle class
The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....
area of mostly modern development.
The area was originally a 12 acre garden & zoological site in the 1880s, named after Kew Gardens in Surrey. Visitors to the Town would travel via horse tram to enjoy the gardens, pavilion & lake which had gondoliers. Parts of the lake & gardens still survive. Modern day Kew is a mid-late 20th century housing estate close to the Hospital which was built on Blowick Moss & also former playing fields. The roads are mainly named after horse racing venues & the area includes a small shopping area, a primary school (Kew Woods) & a pub named The Pageant.
It is one of Southport's smallest suburbs.