Dingle, Liverpool

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The Dingle is an inner-city area of Liverpool, Merseyside. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Toxteth, Wavertree and St Michael's Hamlet.

1 History
2 Description
3 Attractions
4 Transport
5 Famous people

[edit] History

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As it borders Toxteth and has similar housing, it is probable that The Dingle grew up at the same time as the former. It is historically a Protestant area.

[edit] Description

Dingle is the last of the southern inner-city districts of Liverpool. Further south of Dingle are the suburbs. This area is traditionally working class, housing being mostly terraced, although many of the terraced streets are being pulled down to make room for more modern development to attract wealthier middle class workers. The area is known locally as The Dingle.

The BBC television series Bread, written by Carla Lane, was filmed in Dingle.

Dingle has the postcode L8.

[edit] Attractions

Princes Park

[edit] Transport

The closest railway station to The Dingle is Brunswick, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail system. Regular trains depart for Liverpool city centre, Southport and Hunts Cross.
The Liverpool Overhead Railway's terminus and only underground station was located on Park Road. This was the end of the line from Seaforth and Litherland.

[edit] Famous people

Ringo Starr, The Beatles' drummer, was born in Dingle in 1940.

City of Liverpool
Districts
Aigburth \| Allerton \| Anfield \| Belle Vale \| Broadgreen \| Canning \| Childwall \| Clubmoor \| Croxteth \| Dingle \| Dovecot \| Edge Hill \| Everton \| Fairfield \| Fazakerley \| Garston \| Gateacre \| Grassendale \| Hunts Cross \| Kensington \| Kirkdale \| Knotty Ash \| Mossley Hill \| Netherley \| Norris Green \| Old Swan \| St Michael's Hamlet \| Speke \| Stoneycroft \| Toxteth \| Tuebrook \| Walton \| Wavertree \| West Derby \| Woolton
City Council Wards
Allerton & Hunts Cross \| Anfield \| Belle Vale \| Central \| Childwall \| Church \| Clubmoor \| County \| Cressington \| Croxteth \| Everton \| Fazakerley \| Greenbank \| Kensington & Fairfield \| Kirkdale \| Knotty Ash \| Mossley Hill \| Norris Green \| Old Swan \| Picton \| Princes Park \| Riverside \| Speke Garston \| St Michaels \| Tuebrook and Stoneycroft \| Warbreck \| Wavertree \| West Derby \| Woolton \| Yew Tree