Waterloo, Merseyside
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Waterloo is an area of Sefton, Merseyside, England.
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[edit] Description
Waterloo holds the postcode "L22" and adjoins Blundellsands and Crosby to the north and Seaforth to the south and is a northern suburb of the city of Liverpool.
[edit] History
Historically part of Lancashire and originally an area of Crosby, named Crosby Seabank, it consisted mostly of sandhills and fields. One of the first major buildings in the area was opened on 18th June, 1816, the first anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, and was named the Royal Waterloo Hotel in honour of the event. Gradually, as population increased and the area became an identifiable location, it became known as Waterloo. Some of the buildings in Waterloo for example, the Potters Barn park buildings are replicas of the ones found in Waterloo, Belgium. Ironically, the name Waterloo was dropped from the original building, which still stands, and it is now known simply as the Royal Hotel.
[edit] Local Government
Waterloo was included in the urban district of Waterloo with Seaforth, and subsequently became part of the municipal borough of Crosby in 1937. In 1974 the whole of Crosby became part of the newly created metropolitan borough of Sefton.
[edit] Architecture
It is a residential district of Edwardian and Victorian villas and terraces, with shops and restaurants and a park facing the sea.
[edit] The Iron Men
The beach at Waterloo, which stretches right along the coast past Crosby and Hightown, is the permanent home of Anthony Gormley's 'Iron Men' - officially entitled Another Place. There were originally 100 life-sized statues on the beach, each a cast of Gormley himself, but 13 have been removed to open the river Alt to small craft. They are easily reached on foot from Waterloo station.
[edit] Transport
The district is served by Waterloo railway station, and is connected to Liverpool by the "Dock Road".
[edit] Notable residents
[edit] Sport
Waterloo was home to Waterloo rugby club who took their name from the area having played there from 1884 until 1892 before moving back to Blundellsands. In 1992, they famously defeated then English champions and cup holders Bath 9-8 in a fourth round cup tie.
[edit] Links with Sierra Leone
A local charity, the Waterloo Partnership fundraises locally for Waterloo in Sierra Leone[1].
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