Clock Face, St Helens

Clock Face

The Clock Face public house
Clock Face

 Clock Face shown within Merseyside
OS grid reference SJ529912
Metropolitan borough St Helens
Metropolitan county Merseyside
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ST. HELENS
Postcode district WA9
Dialling code 01744
Police Merseyside
Fire Merseyside
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament St Helens South and Whiston
List of places: UK • England • Merseyside

Clock Face is an area of St. Helens, Merseyside, England, 5.6 km (3.5 mi) south of the town centre, situated near Sutton Manor in the district of Sutton, and just north of the M62 motorway. Historically a part of Lancashire, Clock Face forms part of the parish of Bold. It is also a ward within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens. It is so named because of the large clock face that once graced the area; this name was also taken by a colliery in the area. The Clock Face public house now maintains the area's name.

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Industry

The area was an important coal mining village with three collieries in the vicinity, including the eponymous Clock Face Colliery (which was closed in 1966),[1] Sutton Manor Colliery (which was closed in 1991),[2] and Parkside Colliery, which was closed in 1992, following a lengthy NUM-linked sit-in protest,[3] as the last deep mine in the Lancashire Coalfield.[4]

Clock Face Country Park is situated on the site of one of the former collieries. In the late 1990s, the 57-acre (230,000 m2) site was reclaimed by St Helens Council as a public open space. It contains developing woodlands, meadow areas and a fishing pond leased to a local angling club. The former mineral railway route has been reclaimed as a pathway to Sutton Manor Woodlands.[5]

Transportation

Clock Face was once served by the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway at ‎Clock Face station on Gartons Lane. The area is currently served by Lea Green railway station on the northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line. Arriva North West operate bus services in Clock Face, routes 32/32A/32C and 33/33A link the area to St Helens Hospital and the Town Centre as well as routes 121/122 (replacing 32A) in the evenings. Other bus companies serving the area include Merseytravel's 140 and 265 bus routes, Halton Transport's 17/17A/17B bus routes and Strawberry Bus' Line 1 bus route.

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