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Penny Lane is a street situated south off the A562 road in the Mossley Hill suburb of Liverpool, England.The name also applies to the area surrounding the thoroughfare. During the 20th century, it was the location for one of the main bus terminals in Liverpool, and gained international notability in 1967 when the Beatles released their song "Penny Lane" in tribute to their upbringing in Live
Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill.The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. [7]
Penny Lane junction, the subject of the Beatles song "Penny Lane", is situated at the junction of Smithdown Road, Smithdown Place and Penny Lane. A song called "Smithdown Road" appeared on the second album of Liverpool band Tramp Attack , inspired by the band's experiences of living there after leaving home.
Mossley Hill's local park is Greenbank Park, one of the most popular parks in Liverpool; two more of the city's most popular parks, Sefton Park and Calderstones Park, are also nearby. The Millennium Green, accessible from Penny Lane or Oakdale Road, is a small popular green space hosting wildflower fields and woods and is a popular dog walking ...
Strawberry Field is a Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton. It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005. The house and grounds had originally been built as a private residence in the Victorian era, before being acquired by the Salvation Army in the 1930s. The house was demolished in 1973 ...
St Barnabas' Church is in Smithdown Place, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.It stands at the junction of Allerton Road, Smithdown Road, and Penny Lane. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Liverpool South Childwall, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool.
The Penny Lane ward was created as a single-member ward from the western part of the former Church ward and a part of the former Greenbank ward. [1] The ward boundaries follow Smithdown Road, Allerton Road, Rose Lane and the West Coast Main Line. The ward includes, and is named for, Penny Lane made famous by the Beatles single of the same name. [1]
Portrait of James Penny by Thomas Hargreaves. James Penny (died 1799) was an English merchant and slave trader who was a prominent defender of the Liverpool slave trade.The famous Penny Lane street in Liverpool has been associated with him although it is now widely regarded as of an unconnected origin.