Speke
Speke is a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England.
Speke is a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England. It lies 8 miles (13 km) south-east of the city centre and near to the widest part of the river Mersey. It is bordered by the suburbs of Garston and Hunts Cross, and the rural area of Oglet to its south; it is located near to Halewood, Hale and Widnes.
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Worth seeing in and around Speke
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Speke Hall
Speke Hall is a wood-framed wattle-and-daub Tudor manor house in Speke, Liverpool, England. It is one of the finest surviving examples of its kind.
2.3 km · Tudor house in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Ambrose's Church, Speke
St Ambrose's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Heathgate Avenue, Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is an active parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool and the Pastoral Area of Woolton and Halewood.
900 m · church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Michael's Church, Garston
St Michael's Church is in Church Road, Garston, a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Liverpool South Childwall, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool.
3.9 km · church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Hale Head Lighthouse
Hale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England with a population of 1,800. The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside.
3.7 km · lighthouse built 1906 · Wikipedia - 05Finch Farm
Finch Farm is the training ground for Everton F.C., in Halewood, in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside within the Liverpool City Region. The School of Science is the nickname given to the complex by some supporters, referring to a long-standing nickname for the club.
2.7 km · association football training ground · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Church, Hale
St Mary's Church is in Church End in the village of Hale, Halton, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.2 km · grade II listed church in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Allerton Cemetery
Allerton Cemetery is a cemetery in Allerton, Liverpool, England. The cemetery, of 150 acres, is one of the main burial sites for the Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool and is Grade II listed.
3.1 km · municipal cemetery in Allerton, Liverpool, Mserseyside · Wikipedia - 08Clarkes Gardens
Clarke's Gardens is a public park in the Allerton district of south Liverpool, England. It is close to Springwood Cemetery and situated between Woolton Road and Springwood Avenue.
3.7 km · park in Allerton, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09All Saints Church, Speke
All Saints Church is in Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, standing at the junction of Hale Road and Speke Church Road. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Liverpool South Childwall, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool.
1.2 km · church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Much Woolton Old School
Much Woolton Old School is a small Grade II* listed building on School Lane in Woolton, Liverpool, United Kingdom. An inscription on the building's exterior claims it to be the "oldest elementary school building in Lancashire" and built in 1610, though the date of construction has not been independently verified.
3.6 km · historic building in Liverpool, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Speke
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 1 km · Manchester (MAN), 37 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 97 km
- Stations
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport, 1 km · Liverpool South Parkway railway station, 3.7 km · Hunts Cross railway station, 2.4 km · Halewood railway station, 2.7 km · Allerton railway station, 3.8 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Speke99 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £10–14
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Speke121 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £15–20
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Speke115 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Speke
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Speke. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe town centre is quickly reachable by taking the A568 bypass south (Watkinson Way) and turning west onto A562 (Fiddler's Ferry Road).
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Next door to Speke
Speke is 12 km from Liverpool, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Halewoodsuburb and civil parish in Merseyside, UK2.1 km
- Halevillage and civil parish in Halton, Cheshire, England2.8 km
- Garstondistrict of Liverpool3.7 km
- Hunt's Crossdistrict of Liverpool2.3 km
- Ogletarea of Liverpool, Merseyside, England1.3 km