Prescot

Prescot
Town
St Mary's Church, Prescot
Prescot is located in Merseyside
Prescot
Prescot
Location within Merseyside
Population11,184 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ4692
Civil parish
  • Prescot
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPRESCOT
Postcode districtL34/L35
Dialling code0151
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°25′43″N 02°48′23″W / 53.42861°N 2.80639°W / 53.42861; -2.80639

Prescot is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, United Kingdom. It lies about eight miles (13 km) to the east of Liverpool city centre. At the 2001 Census, the civil parish population was 11,184 (5,265 males, 5,919 females).[1] The population of the larger Prescot East and West wards at the 2011 census totalled 14,139.[2][3] Prescot marks the beginning of the A58 road which runs through to Wetherby, near Leeds in West Yorkshire. The town is served by Prescot railway station and Eccleston Park railway station in neighbouring Eccleston.

  1. ^ a b 2001 Census: Prescot, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 29 June 2011, retrieved 26 May 2008
  2. ^ "Prescot East Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Prescot West Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2015.

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