Editing Prescot (section)

==Tourism, leisure and places of interest==
Prescot [[Museum]] houses a permanent exhibition about the history of clock and watch-making in the town, and several temporary exhibitions per year. The [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] building is now also home to [[Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council|Knowsley Council]]'s [[Arts]] and Events Service.

On the edge of the town is the famous estate of [[Earl of Derby|Lord Derby]], which includes [[Knowsley Safari Park]].

In recent years, a number of cultural and arts events have been established in the town, including the annual 10-day Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts and an annual [[Elizabethan]] Fayre.

The Shakespeare North Trust promotes [[William Shakespeare]]'s historic connection with the town, a subject being researched at [[Liverpool]]'s [[John Moores University]]. Inspired by the historic Prescot Playhouse, the Trust has built the [[Shakespeare North]] complex in Prescot, including a Shakespearean playhouse and an educational centre.<ref name="telegraph">{{citation|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3664063/Shakespeares-Globe-goes-North.html | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | location=London | title=Shakespeare's Globe goes North | first=Maureen | last=Paton | date=26 March 2007 | access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref> In April 2016, Knowsley Council granted [[planning permission]] for the new playhouse.<ref name=Snow>{{cite news |title=£19m Merseyside Shakespeare theatre gets green light |last=Snow |first=Georgia |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/19m-merseyside-shakespeare-theatre-gets-green-light/ |newspaper=[[The Stage]] |date=22 April 2016 |access-date=26 April 2016 }}</ref> Construction work on the new The Shakespeare North Playhouse was completed in late 2022.

Stone Street,({{Coord|53|25|45|N|2|48|17|W|display=inline}}) running between High Street and Eccleston Street, is just 26 inches wide at its southern end and is [[Parliament Street, Exeter|one of the narrowest streets in Britain]].