Rimrose Valley

Coordinates: 53°28′23″N 3°00′36″W / 53.473°N 3.010°W / 53.473; -3.010

Rimrose Valley

Entrance to Park
Location Between Crosby and Litherland
Nearest city Liverpool
Operated by Sefton Council
Open Open all year round

Rimrose Valley is a 3.5 km country park and valley which forms a border between Crosby and Litherland in the borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on its eastern edge.[1]

Because the brook that runs through the park regularly floods, it remained clear of the housing developments that grew up on either side. However, the central area was used as a tip until 1978 and restoration began in 1993.[1]

Rimrose Valley is now part of the Mersey Forest[1] and the most southerly extent of the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The south of the valley contains the Brookvale Nature Reserve which is the only one in Sefton that is not on the coast and is, along with Fulwood Way in the north, a Site of Special Local Biological Interest.[1]

Because of the size of the park, the area has been divided into five colour-coded zones that allow people to narrow down their location if they need to contact the emergency services.[2]

Following concern over young people riding scrambler bikes in the park,[3] resulting in at least one serious accident,[4] the police launched a crackdown in 2015.[5]

Etymology

Rimrose is a Hybrid word from Old English hrim (modern "rim"), 'border' and Celtic ros meaning "moor" or "heath".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sefton marks Mersey Forest's twentieth anniversary". Liverpool Echo. January 6, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rimrose Park given 999 colour codes". BBC News. July 20, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ Duffy, Tom (November 21, 2013). "Scrambler yobs 'put lives at risk' by pulling dangerous stunts". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ Pattinson, Rob (November 16, 2014). "Motorbike park crash teenagers still in critical condition". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Joe (May 3, 2015). "Crackdown on scrambler bikes launched by police in Litherland". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved May 24, 2015.


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