All posts tagged "Prescot Leisure Centre"

  • Blues Legend Graeme Sharp Opens Prescot Soccer Centre

    Former footballer Graeme Sharp officially opened the new Prescot Soccer and Leisure Centre earlier this week. Although the Warrington Road facility opened to the public in October 2013, the one-time Everton striker unveiled a plaque at a...

    • Posted April 8, 2014
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  • Warrington Road, Prescot: Vintage Photos

    Enjoy this selection of vintage photographs of Warrington Road in Prescot, courtesy of collector Alec Wallace. The first three appear to be from roughly the same era, showing Warrington Road looking away from Prescot, towards Rainhill. The...

    • Posted October 17, 2013
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  • Prescot Soccer & Leisure Centre Opens 14 October

    The new Prescot Soccer and Leisure Centre opens on Monday 14 October, but you can sneak a peak at Saturday’s family open day. The facility, on Warrington Road, replaces Prescot Leisure Centre, which occupied the now-demolished BICC...

    • Posted October 8, 2013
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  • Game on at Prescot Soccer & Leisure Centre

    (Press release: Knowsley Council) The pitches at Prescot’s new centre are set to open on 15 July and will offer a football experience that is unrivalled in the area. The centre offers state-of the art third generation (3G) pitches...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Prescot Leisure Facility Set for October Opening

    Knowsley Council have confirmed the new leisure building on Warrington Road, Prescot, will open in October 2013. The suite, which replaces the former Prescot Leisure Centre, will contain a gym, changing rooms and a cafe-bar. According to...

    • Posted June 14, 2013
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  • Prescot Hockey Club Move to St Helens, Blame Council

    Members of Prescot Hockey Club have voted unanimously to leave their home of over fifty years, moving to leisure facilities at Sutton Leisure Centre in St Helens. The team were formed in 1952 as part of the...

    • Posted May 22, 2013
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  • Scotchbarn Baths: A Final Glimpse (Video)

    Great video by Rebecca Wilson of the old pool on Scotchbarn Lane, Prescot. Sadly, it was demolished in 2011 after almost four decades, to be replaced (along with Prescot Leisure Centre) by a new Knowsley-wide facility on...

    • Posted March 6, 2013
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  • Work to Begin on New Facility on Prescot Leisure Centre Site

    Construction will begin on the replacement for Prescot Leisure Centre later this month. The facility, which combines a health and fitness area (gym), changing rooms and a coffee bar, is due to open in spring 2013. The...

    • Posted September 10, 2012
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  • Prescot Labour Accuse Local Lib Dems of ‘Potential Fraud,’ ‘Incompetence’

    Prescot’s Labour town councillors have accused their Liberal Democrat counterparts of mismanaging Prescot’s finances for the best part of a decade. In the latest edition of local Labour newsletter Prescot Voice, an article headlined “Some Disturbing Facts” made...

    • Posted March 27, 2012
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  • Happy New Year… to a Dying Town Divided

    Your editor is back on British soil, having been living away for a couple of years. Prescot has always remained in my heart, however, hence starting this website as a way to disseminate news and views about...

    • Posted January 13, 2012
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