Blundellsands is an area of
Crosby in the ceremonial county of
Merseyside
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, England and in the historic county of
Lancashire
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. The area was created as a suburb for wealthy businessmen from Liverpool by the Blundell family of Crosby Hall in the middle of the 19th century.
It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of
Sefton, and a
Sefton council electoral ward. At the
2001 census the population was recorded as 11,514.
This area was not measured in the 2011 Census. For current figures see Blundellsands (Ward).
Description
Blundellsands is an area north to the city of
Liverpool
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and to the west of
Crosby with
Hightown and
Little Crosby
Little Crosby is a small village in the Sefton district of Merseyside, England. Despite being within 8 miles of Liverpool it has retained its rural character by, for example, opting not to have street lights. Until 1974 it was in Lancashire.
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to the north,
Great Crosby and
Thornton to the east and
Brighton-le-Sands and
Waterloo to the south.
The area is served by
Blundellsands & Crosby and
Hall Road railway stations. Its shoreline, the northern part of
Crosby Beach, includes parts of the popular exhibit, ''
Another Place'', designed by the sculptor
Antony Gormley. Several of the Gormley statues are accessible from the Burbo Bank car park.
By comparison to the residential areas of the wider
Liverpool City Region, Blundellsands has a low population density combined with significantly higher than average property prices, it is therefore considered to be an
affluent area of the region.
Education
There are several independent and public schools in the area.
History
Blundellsands was named in honour of the famous Blundell family of
Little Crosby
Little Crosby is a small village in the Sefton district of Merseyside, England. Despite being within 8 miles of Liverpool it has retained its rural character by, for example, opting not to have street lights. Until 1974 it was in Lancashire.
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, Catholic recusants during the
English Reformation
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, who owned the land upon which the area was built, beginning in the 1870s. Thomas Mellard Reade (1832–1909) architect laying out the Blundellsands estate in 1868. He was also a civil engineer, and geologist and worked at Liverpool University.
Sport
Blundellsands is the home of
Waterloo Rugby Club and th
West Lancashire Golf Club
Notable people
Gerald Gardner, the founder of
Gardnerian Wicca, a denomination of the
Neopagan religion of
Wicca
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, was born in Blundellsands in 1884, although he lived there for only a few years.
TV presenter
Anne Robinson's family home was at St Michael's Rd.
See also
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Listed buildings in Blundellsands
References
External links
Liverpool Street Gallery – Liverpool 23
{{Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
Beaches of Merseyside