- Tuebrook
infobox UK place
country= England
official_name= Tuebrook
latitude= 53.4291
longitude= -2.9346
population=
metropolitan_borough=City of Liverpool
metropolitan_county=Merseyside
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Liverpool West Derby
post_town= LIVERPOOL
postcode_district= L13
postcode_area= L
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ379928
map_type= MerseysideTuebrook is an area of inner-city
Liverpool ,Merseyside ,England .Etymology
The origin of the name may be "Tew Brook", which was a tributary of the Alt. The Brook itself is now almost entirely piped or culverted, with the last exposed section at the back of a disused cinema.
Description
Tuebrook includes
Newsham Park and the Victorian, Grade Ilisted building St John's Church. It is part of the Parliamentary Constituency of Liverpool West Derby. Tuebrook has a police station, but lacks any secondary schools. An interesting characteristic of the main shopping street is that all shops are on one side of the street only. This is largely due to extensive demolition during upgrading of the main road.The area is bisected by West Derby Road, an east/west arterial route out of Liverpool City Centre. Tuebrook also has a railway line which runs north/south from Tuebrook sidings near
Edge Hill to Kirkdale in the north. The bridge, carrying theCanada Dock Branch over West Derby Road, used to accommodateTue Brook railway station until 1948.Politics
The area is politically interesting, as it consistently elects Liberal (as opposed to Liberal Democrat) Councillors to
Liverpool City Council . Indeed, at recent elections, the Tuebrook Liberals have enjoyed the largest majorities of any councillors onLiverpool City Council .The current councillors for
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft (Tuebrook until 2004) are Steve Radford, Chris Lenton and Hazel Williams. Radford's personal popularity enabled him to finish second in the 2001 general election for Liverpool West Derby, coming ahead of both Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates. However, in the 2005 general election, this popularity was not enough to keep him in second place and he slipped back down to third, depriving his Liberal Party of its only 2nd place showing in the UK.Transport
There are regular buses (numbers 12/13, 15, 18A, 62, 68, 92 and variants thereof) providing services to the city centre, as well as to
Aigburth ,Bootle ,Croxteth ,Huyton and Stockbridge Village.The
Merseytram System (Line 1) was due to run through Tuebrook but this has now been cancelled after funding from the British Government was denied.External links
* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=13 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 13]
* [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-29280.pdf Ward Profile: Tuebrook & Stoneycroft]
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