Editing Old Swan

{{Short description|Neighbourhood of Liverpool, England}}
{{other uses|Old Swan (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.4135|-2.9139|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Old Swan
| population               = 16461
| population_ref           = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689411&c=Old+Swan&d=14&e=62&g=6349557&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452599686547&enc=1|title=City of Liverpool ward population 2011|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref>
| metropolitan_borough     = [[Liverpool]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[Merseyside]]
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Wavertree]]
| post_town                = LIVERPOOL
| postcode_district        = L13
| postcode_area            = L
| dial_code                = 0151
| os_grid_reference        = SJ390915
| static_image_name        = Old Swan Welcome Sign.jpg
| static_image_caption     = 
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'''Old Swan''' is an eastern neighbourhood of [[Liverpool]], [[Merseyside]], [[England]], bordered by [[Knotty Ash]], [[Stoneycroft]], [[Broadgreen]], [[Fairfield, Liverpool|Fairfield]] and [[Wavertree]]. At the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]], the population was 16,461.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689411&c=Old+Swan&d=14&e=62&g=6349557&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452599686547&enc=1|title=City of Liverpool ward population 2011|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref>

==Description==
Old Swan is centred on the road junction between Prescot Road, running east to west, Derby Lane (from the north) St Oswald Street (from the south) and Broadgreen Road (from the south-east). It is named after a [[public house]] called the Three Swans,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Old Swan - Latest news updates, pictures, video, reaction - Liverpool Echo|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/old-swan|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.liverpoolecho.co.uk}}</ref> which served the pack-horse route along Prescot Lane (now Prescot Road) in the 18th century. The name was derived from the coat of arms of local landowners, the Walton family.<ref>DM Whale : ''Lost Villages of Liverpool'' (1985) {{ISBN|0 901314 24 2}}</ref>
The inn stood at the corner of Prescot Lane and Pettycoat Lane (now Broadgreen Road). The junction later acquired two more pubs, the Swan Vaults (now called the Old Swan) and the Cygnet (now closed), while the original pub was replaced by another, the Red House (now closed); this has become a branch of [[Costa Coffee]].<ref>Whale p40</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McDonough|first=Tony|date=2015-08-13|title=Merseyside Costa franchisee looks to open more stores and become a £10m business|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/merseyside-costa-franchisee-looks-open-9841450|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Liverpool Echo|language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
The [[A57 road]] passes through [[Kensington, Liverpool|Kensington]] and [[Fairfield, Liverpool|Fairfield]] before running through Old Swan and then through [[Knotty Ash]], towards [[Prescot]] and on to [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]].<ref>Google Maps https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=53.413652,-2.911784&hl=en&num=1&t=w&z=19</ref>

Housing in the district is mostly in densely packed [[terraced house]]s, though there are exceptions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 January 2013|title=QS402EW - Accommodation type - Households|url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs402ew|access-date=20 April 2021|website=NOMIS|publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> [[Doric Park]] is tucked away behind rows of terraced houses. Liverpool Shopping Park runs parallel to Old Swan. The retail park is currently being improved and phase 2 opened in autumn 2020.

==Health==
There are numerous primary care services located within Old Swan, including a [[National Health Service|NHS]] walk-in health centre, along with an urgent care unit, a GP practice on Derby Lane, and several pharmacies and opticians.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Find NHS health services|url=https://www.nhs.uk/service-search|access-date=2021-04-21|website=NHS|date=9 November 2020 }}</ref> 

There are also several dentists practices within the ward.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dentists near L13 3DL - NHS|url=https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist/results/L13%203DL|access-date=2021-10-15|website=www.nhs.uk}}</ref>

Old Swan also has an emergency ambulance station which is located on St. Oswalds Street.

==Government==
Old Swan's representation on [[Liverpool City Council]] is largely through the [[Old Swan (ward)|Old Swan]] [[Ward (country subdivision)|ward]], though parts also lie in [[Tuebrook and Stoneycroft (ward)|Tuebrook and Stoneycroft]] ward.
The elected councillors for Old Swan ward are Councillor William Shortall ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]), Councillor Joanne Calvert (Independent) and Councillor Rona Heron (Liverpool Community Independents).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-02|title=Find Councillor|url=https://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/mgFindMember.aspx?XXR=0&AC=WARD&WID=153&sPC=Enter%20postcode|access-date=2022-01-02|website=councillors.liverpool.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref>

Old Swan is represented by [[Paula Barker]] MP [[Labour Party (UK)|(Labour Party]]) and is in the parliamentary constituency of [[Liverpool Wavertree]];<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007|title=Fifth Periodical Report - Mapping for the London Boroughsand the Metropolitan Counties|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/250941/7032_iii.pdf|access-date=21 April 2021|website=Boundary Commission for England}}</ref> prior to the constituency's re-creation the area was part of [[Liverpool Broadgreen]].

==Council Services==
<!-- [[File:Old Swan Library Sign.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|Old Swan Library Sign]] -->[[File:Old Swan Library, Liverpool (2).JPG|thumb|Old Swan Library]]
Old Swan library is managed by Liverpool City Council. It was built with Victorian black and white features, originally opening in 1913 as a reading room, and has its own garden, the entrance to which is on the [[A57 road|A57]].

==Economy==
[[File:The Red House, Old Swan 2017.jpg|thumb|Costa Coffee]]
Old Swan has a varied collection of clothes and food shops situated along Prescot Road serving local residents. In addition, the area is also served by a large [[Tesco]] supermarket and an [[Aldi]] facing it across St. Oswald Street. Further down Prescot Road, away from the city centre, is a [[Sainsbury's]] supermarket in neighbouring [[Knotty Ash (ward)|Knotty Ash ward]]. During 2011, [[Asda]] took over the [[Netto (store)|Netto]] premises, and it is now an Asda supermarket. In July 2015, work began refurbishing the Red House pub and a [[Costa Coffee]] store was opened later the same month.

==Transport==
Fairly regular bus routes 7, 8, 9 and 10/10A/10B connect Old Swan to [[Liverpool City Centre]] and in the opposite direction to [[Huyton]], [[Prescot]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]] and [[Warrington]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/travelling-around/timetables/AllTimetables/10%20Liverpool%20-%20St%20Helens%20%28from%2001%20March%202013%29.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126102546/http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/travelling-around/timetables/AllTimetables/10%20Liverpool%20-%20St%20Helens%20(from%2001%20March%202013).pdf |archive-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Old Swan has other bus links - routes 60, 61, 62, 68/68A, 81/81A and 102, which do not serve [[Liverpool City Centre]] but provide important links to other areas of Liverpool including [[Aigburth]], [[Anfield (suburb)|Anfield]], [[Bootle]], [[Childwall]], [[Clubmoor]], [[Croxteth]], [[Fazakerley]], [[Hunt's Cross]], [[Mossley Hill]], [[Norris Green]], [[Orrell Park]], [[Speke]], [[Toxteth]], [[Tuebrook]], [[Walton, Merseyside|Walton]], [[Wavertree]], [[West Derby]], [[Woolton]] and [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport]].

There is a bus depot in Old Swan on Green Lane. It is owned by [[Arriva North West]].

The [[M62 motorway]] starts at the end of Broadgreen Road out of the city, and is the east gateway into the city via Edge Lane Drive.

The nearest [[railway station]]s to Old Swan are [[Broad Green railway station]] and [[Wavertree Technology Park railway station]]. Both are operated by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] and served by local stopping trains to and from [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]].
The [[Merseytram]] System (Line 2) was due to run through Old Swan but this has now been cancelled after funding from the [[British Government]] was denied. {{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

The [[Old Swan Tramway]] was one of the first street tramways in Britain, opening in 1861.

==Education==
There are six schools in Old Swan, including [[Broadgreen Primary School]], St Anne's Stanley C of E Primary, St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Corinthian Avenue Primary, St Cuthbert Catholic Primary and [[Dixons Broadgreen Academy]], a secondary school with an adjoining sixth form.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Schools and colleges in and near "Old Swan, Liverpool, Merseyside" - GOV.UK|url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/?keywords=Old+Swan,+Liverpool,+Merseyside&radius=3&searchtype=search-by-location&LocationCoordinates=53.41685,-2.91745|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Find and compare schools in England|language=en}}</ref> There are also three nurseries in the area.

==Places of worship==
The [[Church of England|Parish Church]] is St Anne's on Prescot Road. In September 2022, Lady Dodd endowed stained glass windows at St Anne's Church, in memory of her late husband, [[Sir Ken Dodd]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haf |first1=Ffion |title=Sir Ken Dodd's newest gift to Liverpool with touching message attached |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sir-ken-dodds-newest-gift-25150986 |website=Liverpool Echo |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> 

== Notable residents==
*Former Manchester United manager [[Ron Atkinson]] was born in Old Swan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jacqui Abbott - Ron Atkinson|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/08/28/jacqui-abbott-ron-atkinson-100252-19693420/|work=Liverpool Echo|date=27 August 2007 |publisher=Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales Limited}}</ref>
*Judith Berry (nee. Hawkins), mother of [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning American actress [[Halle Berry]], was born in Old Swan.
*Alan Caldwell, known as [[Rory Storm]], rock 'n' roll singer of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was born in Old Swan in 1939,<ref name=penguin>{{cite web|title=Number One In Heaven|url=http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/numberoneinheaven/deadpeople.html|work=Penguin.co.uk|publisher=Penguin Books Ltd.|access-date=5 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616063303/http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/numberoneinheaven/deadpeople.html|archive-date=16 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>  was a member of Old Swan Boys' Club (1956–57) and attended St Margaret's Anfield School.
*[[Dennis Evans (footballer born 1930)|Dennis Evans]], former captain of [[Arsenal F.C.]], was born in Old Swan.
*Tommy Scott, lead singer with 1990s band [[Space (English band)|Space]] lived in Old Swan at the height of their fame.
*Jazz Saxophonist [[Ken Stubbs]], leader of [[First House (band)|First House]], was born in Old Swan.

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Old Swan}}
* [http://www.liverpoolcitytoday.co.uk/old-swan-history/4576019429?preview=Y Old Swan History]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070705082414/http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-29274.pdf Liverpool City Council, Ward Profile: Old Swan]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090210120745/http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=13 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 13]
* [http://oldswan.piczo.com/?cr=5 Old Swan and surrounding area - History - Pics]

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