Roby, Merseyside

Roby
Village
St. Bartholomew's Church, Roby
Roby is located in Merseyside
Roby
Roby
Location within Merseyside
Population7,254 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ435905
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLIVERPOOL
Postcode districtL14,L16,L36
Dialling code0151
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°24′47″N 2°51′07″W / 53.413°N 2.852°W / 53.413; -2.852

Roby is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It was previously administratively linked with its neighbour Huyton by the Huyton-with-Roby civil parish[1] and Huyton with Roby Urban District. Like Huyton, Roby is effectively a dormitory village or suburb of the neighbouring City of Liverpool. At the 2001 Census, the population of Roby was 9,353, (4,511 males, 4,842 females).[2] reducing to 7,254 at the 2011 Census.[3] Roby is the location of the sixth form centre of Knowsley Community College.

  1. ^ Huyton with Roby parish boundaries, A Vision of Britain, archived from the original on 1 October 2007, retrieved 8 November 2006
  2. ^ 2001 Census: Roby, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 29 May 2008
  3. ^ "Knowsley Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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