This article is about the town in Merseyside. For other uses, see Kirkby (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with West Kirby.
Town in England
Kirkby
Town
St Chad's Church, Kirkby's parish church
Kirkby
Location within Merseyside
Population
45,564 (2021 Census)
OS grid reference
SJ409988
• London
180 miles (290 km) SE
Metropolitan borough
Knowsley
Metropolitan county
Merseyside
Region
North West
Country
England
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
LIVERPOOL
Postcode district
L10, L32, L33
Dialling code
0151
Police
Merseyside
Fire
Merseyside
Ambulance
North West
UK Parliament
Knowsley
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°29′N2°53′W / 53.48°N 2.89°W / 53.48; -2.89
Kirkby (/ˈkɜːrbi/ⓘKUR-bee) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. The town, historically in Lancashire, has a size of 4,070 acres (16.5 km2) is 5 miles (8 km) north of Huyton and 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Liverpool. The population in 2016 was 41,495 making it the largest in Knowsley and the 9th biggest settlement in Merseyside.[1]
Evidence of Bronze Age activity has been noted though the first direct evidence of a settlement dates to 1086 via the Doomsday Book. The town was mainly farmland until the mid-20th century due to building of ROF Kirkby, the largest Royal Ordanance Factory filling munitions.[2]
In November 2020, Liverpool F.C. relocated its training facilities from the Melwood site in West Derby, to the town following the completion of the new AXA Training Centre.[3]
^"Kirkby Profile" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^Whale, Derek (1984). Lost Villages of Liverpool - Part Three. Prescot, Merseyside: T Stephenson & Sons Ltd. p. 40. ISBN 0-901314-26-9.
^"Liverpool open doors to AXA Training Centre as Jurgen Klopp hails 'perfect' £50m base". 17 November 2020.
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