Wallasey Village

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Wallasey Village is a district of the town of Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula in England. Localities within this area are informally said to be in "The Village".

Wallasey Village is the most westerly township in Wallasey, being bordered with the districts of Poulton, New Brighton and Liscard to the east and south. Further west is Leasowe, and to the north, beyond Harrison Park, is Liverpool Bay.

[edit] History

St Hilary’s Church may date back to the earliest days of Christianity in Britain. There are only eight churches in Britain named after the Bishop of Poitiers, St. Hilary, who contributed to the Council of Nicea in 325 AD, and it is thought that they were founded by St Germanus, who was invited from France as a missionary by the 5th century English church. The tower is all that remains of a later church, which was built in 1530 but destroyed by fire in 1857: by the time someone had raced to Birkenhead to alert the fire brigade, and they had harnessed the horses to the fire tenders and galloped back to Wallasey, little remained of the church apart from a charred shell and the tower.

[edit] Today

It is now a pleasant residential area, primarily housing, with various shops along the central road, Wallasey Village Road. The village shops are located along a strip of the Wallasey Village central road, with some extending along the eastern end of Leasowe Road. Originally local convenience stores, there has been a move to more urban shops selling sports equipment and furnature, as well as a new photography suite.

Housing in the Village is mixed: 1930s semi-detached and detached houses are common, although more modern detached houses are clustered in parts. There are terraced houses found near the village shops, while a good number of bungalows are present.