Halewood

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Halewood is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England, just southeast of Liverpool. It has about 20,000 residents and lies between the old Ditton Brook to the north and Rams Brook to the south. It used to be part of Lancashire and grew from a small village into an overspill town for Liverpool.

Key places and history:
- St Nicholas Church: built in 1839 and later enlarged, it is a Grade II listed parish church with notable stained glass by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, and an organ by Henry Willis.
- Ford Halewood plant: opened in 1963 to build the Ford Anglia, later producing Escorts. Production ended in 1967. The site later housed a gearbox factory and now hosts Halewood Body & Assembly for Jaguar Land Rover.
- Transport: Halewood railway station reopened in 1988; a previous station had served the area since 1874.
- Parks and heritage: Halewood Park Triangle is the town’s main park and has Green Flag status. The nearby Liverpool Loop Line and the Trans Pennine Trail follow routes through the area.
- The Eagle & Child: the oldest pub in Halewood, briefly renamed The Reverend Plummer in 2018–2020 before reverting.

War memorial and heritage:
- Blackie, a World War I war horse, has a Grade II listed grave in Halewood.

Notable people:
- George Harrison lived in Halewood with his family from 1962 to 1965.
- Others associated with Halewood include footballer Steve McMahon, footballer Aaron Cresswell, Olympian Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Olympic gold medallist Mary Peters, and Christine McGuinness. Playwright Fred Lawless and former MP Edward Whitley also have links to the area.

Governance:
- In 1974, Halewood became part of Merseyside and the Knowsley borough. Since 2010 it has been in the Garston and Halewood parliamentary constituency.