Haydock

Haydock
Village
St. James' Parish Church, Haydock
Haydock is located in Merseyside
Haydock
Haydock
Location within Merseyside
Population11,416 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ557968
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townST. HELENS
Postcode districtWA11
Dialling code01942 / 01744
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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Merseyside
53°28′04″N 2°39′39″W / 53.4678°N 2.6609°W / 53.4678; -2.6609

Haydock is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 11,416[1][2] Haydock's historic area covers the Haydock electoral ward and a section of the Blackbrook ward.[3]

Haydock is located within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire. The village is located to the north-east of the adjacent St Helens, with most of its residential estates and commercial property built either side of the A599. Historically a township and large pastoral area, Haydock was found to be rich with coal and the area grew in significance during the Industrial Revolution particularly with the coming of the canals and railways.[3] In the 1930s, the north side of Haydock was bisected by the A580 East Lancashire Road; this dual carriageway connected the cities of Liverpool and Manchester, with several junctions serving St Helens and Haydock. The area to the south of the East Lancs road saw large post-war residential development, while the area to the north that was initially open pits and saw large scale industrialisation. More recently, the area north of the road has seen the development of distribution centres encouraged by the proximity of junction 23 of the M6 motorway and Haydock's convenient transport links to Liverpool and Manchester.

Haydock is the home of the Haydock Park Racecourse, while the old mining tip and spoil areas south of the village have been developed into the Lyme & Wood Pits Country Park.

  1. ^ "St Helens ward population 2011". Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ^ "2001 Census: Haydock". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
  3. ^ a b William Farrer & J. Brownbill (1907). "A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4".