Eccleston, St Helens

Eccleston
Village and Civil Parish
Christ Church, Eccleston
Eccleston is located in Merseyside
Eccleston
Eccleston
Location within Merseyside
Population10,433 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSJ485955
Civil parish
  • Eccleston
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townST. HELENS
Postcode districtWA10
Dialling code01744
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
Websitewww.ecclestonpc.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°27′14″N 2°46′29″W / 53.4539°N 2.7748°W / 53.4539; -2.7748

Eccleston is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 10,433.[1]

Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the early history of Eccleston is marked by its status as a township, an area much larger than the modern civil parish, extending into what is now St. Helens.[2] Part of the township was united with Parr, Sutton and part of Windle to form the Municipal Borough of St Helens in 1868.

Eccleston is one of seven civil parishes in the Borough of St Helens and one of the largest, covering the neighbourhoods of Eccleston Park, Gillars Green, Eccleston Mere, Eccleston village and an area around the A580 East Lancashire Road.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ^ Eccleston: Historical Boundaries, A Vision of Britain Through Time, archived from the original on 11 March 2007, retrieved 1 December 2005