Talk:Speke

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[edit] Employment

Anecdotal and "O.R." comment here - Speke has a high unemployment rate, but within 1/2 mile is - the Airport, a large Business Park, many big retail outlets and the Jaguar factory - these tend to employ people from outside the immediate area. Shows that creating jobs in a district doesn't necessarily ensure those living locally will get those jobs.

Perhaps will find the local unemployment rate, state it in the article without comment.

Exile 12:00, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Distance to town

According to current article Speke is 5 miles from Liverpool. I'd guess it is about double that? atleast 7 or 8? Dmcm2008 (talk) 13:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I think you're right. Have just searched on Multimap for directions between L1 and Speke and it came up with about 8 miles. Feel free to check this and change the distance in the article. Welcome back - glad you're here to help! Snowy 1973 (talk) 19:17, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Genuki has a distance calculator which provides distances "as the crow flies". A search at Genuki suggests 7.7 miles (12.4 km) exactly (and even gives the direction). Hope that helps guys, :) --Jza84 |  Talk  00:58, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much Jza84 for providing this useful link. Snowy 1973 (talk) 01:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)