Waterloo, Sefton
Encyclopedia
Waterloo is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside
, England
.
Waterloo is home to The Plaza Community Cinema and three primary schools. There is also Crosby Beach
, which begins in Waterloo and stretches 3 miles up to Blundellsands
, which is the location of Antony Gormley's Another Place
.
It is mainly connected to Liverpool
by Waterloo railway station
.
part of Lancashire
and originally an area of Crosby
, named Crosby Seabank, it consisted mostly of sandhills and fields. One of the first major buildings in the area was opened on 18 June 1816, the first anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo
, and was named the Royal Waterloo Hotel in honour of the event. Gradually, as population increased and the area became an identifiable location, it became known as Waterloo. Some of the buildings in Waterloo for example, the Potters Barn park buildings are replicas of the ones found in Waterloo, Belgium
. Ironically, the name Waterloo was dropped from the original building, which still stands, and it is now known simply as the Royal Hotel.
of Waterloo with Seaforth
, and subsequently became part of the municipal borough
of Crosby in 1937. On 1 April 1974 the Municipal Borough of Crosby became part of the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.
From 1918 until 1950 Waterloo was within the Parliamentary seat known as the Waterloo
constituency, a safe seat for the Conservative Party
. From 1950 until 2010 Waterloo was within the boundaries of the Crosby
constituency, whose MP
from 1997 till 2010 was Claire Curtis-Thomas
, a member of the Labour Party
, prior to her election the Crosby seat was generally considered to be a safe Conservative Party stronghold, like its predecessor seat, with Tory MP's elected at every election barring the Crosby by-election, 1981
where Shirley Williams of the Social Democratic Party
was elected to represent the constituency. As a result of boundary revisions for the 2010 general election the Crosby constituency was abolished and Waterloo was included in the expanded Bootle
constituency represented by the Labour MP Joe Benton
.
For elections to Sefton Council Waterloo is within the electoral ward of Church
and is represented by three councillors, all members of the Labour Party
, the councillors names are Daren Veidman, Paul Cummins, and Veronica Webster.
and Victorian
villas and terraces, with shops and restaurants and a series of parks facing the sea - built as a job creation scheme during the 1930s Great Depression
.
, which sold out as queues flowed from Crosby Road and right into South Road. Since then The Plaza is a central community point in Waterloo, offering Autism friendly screenings, Kids clubs and social clubs. Recently the hosted the celebration event for the Who I Am and Where I'm From project which showcased a collection of animations produced by the Polish Community in Sefton called Polska Tales
.
. A path runs through the Marina toward the sand dunes of Crosby Beach
, it is the main route taken by foot to get to the beach, beginning at the top of South Road, Waterloo.
. There were originally 100 life-sized statues on the beach, each a cast of Gormley himself, but thirteen have been removed to open the River Alt
to small craft.
of the Merseyrail
network. Waterloo is connected to Liverpool by the "Dock Road". The number 53 bus runs through South Road, Waterloo and into Liverpool City centre.
who took their name from the area having played there from 1884 until 1892 before moving back to Blundellsands
. In 1992, they famously defeated then English champions and cup holders Bath 9-8 in a fourth round cup tie.
The marina in Waterloo, and adjacent Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, is also home to the Crosby Scout and Guide Marina Club
.
fundraises locally for Waterloo
in Sierra Leone
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...
.
Waterloo is home to The Plaza Community Cinema and three primary schools. There is also Crosby Beach
Crosby Beach
Crosby Beach is part of the Merseyside coastline north of Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, England.-Overview:The beach stretches about 3 miles North-West from the Seaforth Dock in the Port of Liverpool, through Waterloo, where it separates the sea from the Marina, past Crosby...
, which begins in Waterloo and stretches 3 miles up to Blundellsands
Blundellsands
Blundellsands or Blundell Sands is an area of Merseyside, England in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, and a Sefton council electoral ward...
, which is the location of Antony Gormley's Another Place
Another Place
Another Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley.Now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, England, it was due to be moved to New York in November 2006, but there was a controversial proposal to retain the work at Crosby...
.
It is mainly connected to Liverpool
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...
by Waterloo railway station
Waterloo (Merseyside) railway station
Waterloo railway station is a railway station in Waterloo, Merseyside, England on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. It serves a largely residential area.-History:...
.
History
HistoricallyHistoric counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
part of Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
and originally an area of Crosby
Crosby, Merseyside
Crosby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Lancashire it is situated north of Bootle, south of Southport, Formby and west of Netherton-History:...
, named Crosby Seabank, it consisted mostly of sandhills and fields. One of the first major buildings in the area was opened on 18 June 1816, the first anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
, and was named the Royal Waterloo Hotel in honour of the event. Gradually, as population increased and the area became an identifiable location, it became known as Waterloo. Some of the buildings in Waterloo for example, the Potters Barn park buildings are replicas of the ones found in Waterloo, Belgium
Waterloo, Belgium
Waterloo is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. On December 31, 2009, Waterloo had a total population of 29,573. The total area is 21.03 km² which gives a population density of 1,407 inhabitants per km²...
. Ironically, the name Waterloo was dropped from the original building, which still stands, and it is now known simply as the Royal Hotel.
Governance
Waterloo was included in the urban districtUrban district
In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
of Waterloo with Seaforth
Waterloo with Seaforth
Waterloo with Seaforth was an Urban District in the administrative county of Lancashire until 1937 when it was annexed to the municipal borough of Crosby, Merseyside. It included the settlements of Seaforth and Waterloo....
, and subsequently became part of the municipal borough
Municipal borough
Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...
of Crosby in 1937. On 1 April 1974 the Municipal Borough of Crosby became part of the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.
From 1918 until 1950 Waterloo was within the Parliamentary seat known as the Waterloo
Waterloo (UK Parliament constituency)
Waterloo was a parliamentary constituency centred on the district of Waterloo north of Liverpool in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :The constituency was created...
constituency, a safe seat for the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
. From 1950 until 2010 Waterloo was within the boundaries of the Crosby
Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)
Crosby was a constituency in Merseyside, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:...
constituency, whose MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
from 1997 till 2010 was Claire Curtis-Thomas
Claire Curtis-Thomas
Claire Curtis-Thomas is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Crosby from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...
, a member of the 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...
, prior to her election the Crosby seat was generally considered to be a safe Conservative Party stronghold, like its predecessor seat, with Tory MP's elected at every election barring the Crosby by-election, 1981
Crosby by-election, 1981
The Crosby by-election, 1981 was a by-election held in England on 26 November 1981 to elect a new Member of Parliament for the House of Commons constituency of Crosby on Merseyside...
where Shirley Williams of the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (UK)
The Social Democratic Party was a political party in the United Kingdom that was created on 26 March 1981 and existed until 1988. It was founded by four senior Labour Party 'moderates', dubbed the 'Gang of Four': Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams...
was elected to represent the constituency. As a result of boundary revisions for the 2010 general election the Crosby constituency was abolished and Waterloo was included in the expanded Bootle
Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)
Bootle is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. Since 1990 the MP has been Joe Benton of the Labour Party...
constituency represented by the Labour MP Joe Benton
Joe Benton
Joseph Edward Benton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bootle since 1990.-Early life:...
.
For elections to Sefton Council Waterloo is within the electoral ward of Church
Church (Sefton ward)
Church is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Seaforth and Waterloo.-Councillors:-Elections of the 2010s:-References:...
and is represented by three councillors, all members of the 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...
, the councillors names are Daren Veidman, Paul Cummins, and Veronica Webster.
Landmarks
It is a residential district of EdwardianEdwardian architecture
Edwardian architecture is the style popular when King Edward VII of the United Kingdom was in power; he reigned from 1901 to 1910, but the architecture style is generally considered to be indicative of the years 1901 to 1914....
and Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
villas and terraces, with shops and restaurants and a series of parks facing the sea - built as a job creation scheme during the 1930s Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
.
The Plaza Community Cinema
The Plaza Cinema has been a part of Waterloo since 1939. Originally named The Plaza, it has changed hands numerous times during its life, becoming known as The Odeon in the 1950s, The Classic in the 1970s and The Apollo in the 1990s. In 1996 it was finally closed when the owners decided to sell the property for redevelopment. After numerous petitions were signed, the cinema was reopened under a community trust and its original name restored. The doors re-opened to the new cinema in 1997. Run by volunteers, the first film to be shown that summer was Jurassic ParkJurassic Park (film)
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck...
, which sold out as queues flowed from Crosby Road and right into South Road. Since then The Plaza is a central community point in Waterloo, offering Autism friendly screenings, Kids clubs and social clubs. Recently the hosted the celebration event for the Who I Am and Where I'm From project which showcased a collection of animations produced by the Polish Community in Sefton called Polska Tales
Polska Tales
Polska Tales is a collection of children's stories written by children and families from the Polish Community in Southport, UK.- Who I Am and Where I'm From :...
.
Marina
Waterloo has the Marina, which is a stretch of grass near the Marina Lake that begins from The Royal Seaforth DockSeaforth Dock
Seaforth Dock is a purpose-built dock and container terminal, on the River Mersey, England, at Seaforth, to the north of Liverpool. As part of the Port of Liverpool and Liverpool Freeport, it is operated by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company...
. A path runs through the Marina toward the sand dunes of Crosby Beach
Crosby Beach
Crosby Beach is part of the Merseyside coastline north of Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, England.-Overview:The beach stretches about 3 miles North-West from the Seaforth Dock in the Port of Liverpool, through Waterloo, where it separates the sea from the Marina, past Crosby...
, it is the main route taken by foot to get to the beach, beginning at the top of South Road, Waterloo.
Gormley's "Another Place"
The beach at Waterloo, which stretches right along the coast past Crosby and Hightown, is the permanent home of Anthony Gormley's Another PlaceAnother Place
Another Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley.Now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, England, it was due to be moved to New York in November 2006, but there was a controversial proposal to retain the work at Crosby...
. There were originally 100 life-sized statues on the beach, each a cast of Gormley himself, but thirteen have been removed to open the River Alt
River Alt
The River Alt is in Merseyside, England.The Alt runs from Hag Plantation in Huyton at , through Croxteth Park, roughly follows the M57 motorway south of Kirkby, then flows north of Aintree and south of Maghull...
to small craft.
Education
There are three primary schools: Waterloo Primary, St. Johns C of E Primary, and St Edmunds & St Thomas's RC. Local High Schools are situated in Crosby.Transport
The district is served by Waterloo railway station on the Northern LineNorthern Line (Merseyrail)
The Northern Line is one of the two commuter rail lines operated by Merseyrail in Merseyside, England. The other line is the Wirral Line. A third line of the Merseyrail Network, the City Line, is not owned or operated by Merseyrail, although funded by Merseytravel.The Northern Line passes...
of the Merseyrail
Merseyrail
Merseyrail is a train operating company and commuter rail network in the United Kingdom, centred on Liverpool, Merseyside. The network is predominantly electric with diesel trains running on the City Line. Two City Line branches are currently being electrified on the overhead wire AC system with...
network. Waterloo is connected to Liverpool by the "Dock Road". The number 53 bus runs through South Road, Waterloo and into Liverpool City centre.
Sport
Waterloo was home to Waterloo rugby clubWaterloo R.F.C.
Waterloo Football Club is an English Rugby Union team based at St Anthonys Road, Blundellsands, Merseyside. It celebrated its 125th season in 2007/08, having been founded in 1882 by brothers Sidney and Harry Hall and George Abercrombie. From 1882 until 1884 the club was known as Serpentine after...
who took their name from the area having played there from 1884 until 1892 before moving back to Blundellsands
Blundellsands
Blundellsands or Blundell Sands is an area of Merseyside, England in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, and a Sefton council electoral ward...
. In 1992, they famously defeated then English champions and cup holders Bath 9-8 in a fourth round cup tie.
The marina in Waterloo, and adjacent Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, is also home to the Crosby Scout and Guide Marina Club
Crosby Scout and Guide Marina Club
The Crosby Scout and Guide Marina Club, established in 1973, is a sailing and canoeing club located at Crosby Marina, in Cambridge Road, Waterloo, Merseyside, at the northern end of the Seaforth Freeport container terminal.-Crosby Marina:...
.
Notable residents
- Cherie Booth
- J. Bruce IsmayJ. Bruce IsmayJoseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line of steamships. He came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official among the 706 survivors Joseph Bruce Ismay (12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was...
- Edward SmithEdward SmithCaptain Edward John Smith, RD, RNR was an English naval reserve officer, and ship's captain. He was the officer in command of the and died when the ship sank in 1912...
- Josh KirbyJosh KirbyRonald William "Josh" Kirby was an English commercial artist born in Waterloo, on the outskirts of Liverpool, Merseyside. He was educated at the Liverpool City School of Art, where he acquired the nickname Josh, which comes from having his work compared to that of Sir Joshua Reynolds...
Links with Sierra Leone
A local charity, the Waterloo PartnershipWaterloo Partnership
The Waterloo Partnership is a British Charity based in Waterloo and Crosby areas of Liverpool raises money for its Sierra Leone namesake.Sierra Leone has now emerged from a period of Civil War and is one of the poorest countries in the world....
fundraises locally for Waterloo
Waterloo, Sierra Leone
Waterloo is the second largest city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone and a suburb of Freetown. The population of Waterloo was estimated at 19,750 in 2006. Waterloo lies just 18 miles east of Freetown -Socio-historical perspectives:...
in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...