Birchwood, Lincolnshire

Birchwood is a housing estate in the south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The population of the Birchwood Ward of Lincoln City Council at the 2011 census was 8,520.[1] It is built on the site of former RAF Skellingthorpe.

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Amenities

The estate has a number of schools, including St Hughes Catholic Primary School[2] and Leslie Manser Primary School[3] which is named after Leslie Manser. This school has a small museum dedicated to finds found on the site when it was excavated, including the wing of a Spitfire. There is also Birchwood Junior School[4] along with a special needs school called Fortuna. There are also several nursery and pre-junior schools.

The Birchwood shopping centre, in the middle of the estate was refurbished by the Lincolnshire Co-operative, who own the centre, in 2011.[5] It houses a variety of amenities, as well as further residential space and a children's centre.[6] Birchwood has takeaways, pubs and attractions and its own police station,[7] and Veterinary practice.[8] Main roads in the area are Skellingthorpe Road, Birchwood Avenue, Woodfield Avenue, Fulmar Road and Pershore Way. The coast is 40 miles away.

Birchwood is served by city bus routes 6 and 9.[9]

Community

Hartsholme Country Park adjoins the village.

The church of St Luke and St Martin in Jasmin Road was designed in 1976 by Robert Read of Grantham; its ecclesiastical parish is Lincoln Birchwood St Luke.[10] It is fully accessible for wheelchair users.[11] The Catholic Parish of St Peter & St Paul is in nearby Skellingthorpe Road and the parish oversees St Hugh's Primary School.[12] There is also a Methodist church.[13]

"The Boiler House" community centre provides for a range of groups and activities.[14]

Crime in Birchwood is described as high, the area coming 8th of 12 in Lincoln.[15]

History

Birchwood and neighbouring Doddington Park are built on the site of the Second World War airfield RAF Skellingthorpe and there is a memorial at Birchwood Leisure Centre. The airfield hosted No. 50 Squadron and No. 61 Squadron, which were bomber squadrons equipped with the Avro Lancaster.

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References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. http://www.st-hughs-school.org.uk/
  3. http://www.lesliemanser.lincs.sch.uk/
  4. http://www.birchwood.lincs.sch.uk/
  5. http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2011/04/birchwood-centre-opens-after-revamp/
  6. "Birchwood childrens centre". Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "way & Lee". Find Any Vet.
  9. "Lincoln city route maps". Stagecoach bus. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  10. "Ecclesiastical parish details". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  11. "Church web site". St Luke and St Martin’s Church. December 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  12. "Catholic parish details". Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  13. "Methodists in Birchwood". Lincoln South Methodist Circuit. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  14. "The Boiler Room". City of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  15. "Crime Statistics". Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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