History

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.

Description

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.

The BBC Television series Bread, written by Carla Lane, was filmed in Dingle around the Elswick Street area.

Transport

External links

• Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 8