Elswick Street, the filming location of the BBC TV series Bread.
Dingle shown within Merseyside
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| Population | 13,246 2001 Census[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Metropolitan borough | Liverpool |
| Metropolitan county | Merseyside |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode district | L8 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Liverpool Riverside |
| List of places: UK • England • Merseyside | |
Dingle (known locally as The Dingle) is an inner-city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by the adjoining districts of Toxteth, Wavertree and St Michael's Hamlet. At the 2001 Census, the population was recorded at 13,246.[1]
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Dingle is an area entirely within the boundaries of the old Toxteth Park.
It is named after Dingle Brook (Dingle meaning a wooded valley), which rose at High Park Street and roughly followed Park Road, towards the Old Toxteth Chapel, just south of Dingle Lane and entered the River Mersey at Knott's Hole, which was just behind Dingle Point. It was a mainly Protestant area which developed from the influx of Welsh settlers, whilst the North end of Liverpool was settled by Irish immigrants, and became mainly Catholic.
Between 1896 and 1956, the Liverpool Overhead Railway's terminus and only underground station was Dingle railway station, located on Park Road, Dingle. This was the end of the line for services from Seaforth and Litherland in the north of the city.
Dingle is the last of the southern inner-city districts of Liverpool. Further south of Dingle are the suburbs. This area is traditionally working class, housing being mostly terraced, although many of the terraced streets are being pulled down to make room for more modern development to attract wealthier middle class workers.
It is within the area encompassed by Warwick Street, in the north, Upper Warwick Street, Princes Road, Devonshire Road, and Dingle Lane. (It is not to be confused with Toxteth which is a much bigger area contained within Parliament Street, Lodge Lane, Smithdown Road, Penny Lane, Greenbank Road, Aigburth Vale, and St Michaels to the river). Locals define The Dingle as above but only as far as Grafton Street and not to the bank of the Mersey, as this area was part of Liverpool Docks. The area between Admiral Street and Princes Road is known as Princes Park, after the nearby parkland.
Location filming for the BBC Television series Bread, written by Carla Lane, was primarily in Dingle's Elswick Street. In 2007, residents in the Shorefields area of Dingle signed a petition to block plans for a new twelve storey residential development on the infilled Herculaneum Dock.[2]
The nearest railway station is Brunswick, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail system. Regular trains depart for Liverpool city centre, Southport and Hunts Cross.
Bus services are provided by Arriva, Stagecoach and Merseytravel
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