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Pensby
Pensby shown within Merseyside |
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| Population | 6,900 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SJ271829 |
| Metropolitan borough | Wirral |
| Metropolitan county | Merseyside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIRRAL |
| Postcode district | CH61 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Wirral West |
| List of places: UK • England • Merseyside | |
Pensby is a large village on the Wirral Peninsula, England, located to the north east of Heswall. Historically part of Cheshire, it is within the Pensby & Thingwall Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated within the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At the 2001 Census, the population of the village was 6,900[1] and the total population for the ward was 13,314.[2]
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The name Pensby comes from Old Norse, meaning a village or settlement at a hill called "Penn".[3] The "by" suffix, included in neighbouring place names such as Frankby, Greasby, and Irby, is believed to be Viking in origin.
Pensby was originally a village in Woodchurch Parish, Wirral Hundred. The population was 22 in 1801, 48 in 1901 and 2,996 in 1951.[4]
Lower Pensby was previously known as Newtown. This was due to the building of new houses around the turn of the twentieth century at the crossroads of Pensby Road and Gills Lane.[5]
On 1 April 1974, local government reorganisation in England and Wales resulted in most of Wirral, including Pensby, transfer from the county of Cheshire to Merseyside.
Pensby's primary schools are Ladymount RC Primary, and Pensby Primary School. The local secondary schools are Pensby High School for Boys, which was designated a specialist sports college in 2005 by the Department for Education and Skills,[6] and Pensby High School for Girls.
The famous Everton FC footballer Dixie Dean played for Pensby Institute in his early days, on the fields at the side of Gills Lane. He was sold to Tranmere Rovers for the fee of a new kit for the team.[7][8]
The nearest station is Heswall.
Services operating in the Pensby area, as of December 2008:
| Number | Route | Operator | Days of Operation |
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| 22 | Caldy-Chester | Avon Buses | Monday-Saturday |
| 71/72 | Heswall-Liverpool | First Chester & The Wirral | Monday-Sunday |
| 166/167 | Heswall Shore-Heswall | Eazibus | Monday-Saturday |
| 171 | Heswall-Birkenhead | A2B Travel | Sunday evenings |
| 172 | Heswall-Birkenhead | Avon Buses (Mon-Sat) and A2B Travel (Sun) | Monday-Saturday mornings and Sunday evening |
| 175 | Heswall-Irby | Eazibus (M-F) and A2B Travel (Sat) | Monday-Saturday |
| 186 | Eastham Ferry-Leasowe | Avon Buses | Evenings and Sundays |
| 272/273 | Hooton/Neston-Arrowe Park Hospital | Helms Coaches (Mon-Sat daytime) and Eazibus (evenings and Sundays) | Monday-Sunday |
| 471 | Barnston-Liverpool | Arriva North West | Monday-Friday peak times |
| 472 | Barnston/Heswall-Liverpool | Arriva North West | Monday-Saturday |