Blackbrook, St Helens

Blackbrook
The Ship Inn public house, Blackbrook
Blackbrook is located in Merseyside
Blackbrook
Blackbrook
Location within Merseyside
Population10,639 (2011.Ward)
OS grid referenceSJ525951
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townST. HELENS
Postcode districtWA9
Dialling code01744
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Merseyside
53°27′58″N 2°41′56″W / 53.466°N 2.699°W / 53.466; -2.699

Blackbrook is a locality and an electoral ward in St Helens, Merseyside. Historically in Lancashire, the area is so called after the brook of the same name. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 10,639.[1] The Blackbrook area is situated in the north east of St Helens Borough and is historically part of the Parr township.

The actual brook itself forms the boundary between the townships of Parr, Haydock and Ashton in Makerfield.[2]

  1. ^ "St. Helens ward population 2011". Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ^ "History of Lancashire volume 3". Retrieved 6 February 2010.