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'''Scarisbrick''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|eɪ|z|b|ɹr|ɪ|k}} or {{IPAc-en|,_|ˈ|s|k|ɛəɛər|z|b|ɹ|ɪ|k-}}) is a [[village]] and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[West Lancashire]], [[England]]. The [[A570 road|A570]], the main road between [[Ormskirk]] and [[Southport]], runs through Scarisbrick, and much of the village lies along it. As a result, it does not have a traditional village centre, though the junction with the [[A5147 road|A5147]] is close to the geographic centre.

In its early history, travelerstravellers tended to avoid Scarisbrick [[parish]]. [[Martin Mere]], a large lake with associated marshlands and peat bogs, made the immediate area quite difficult to cross. Much of the flat land between Southport and [[Liverpool]] is [[polder]] reclaimed from marshes and the lake. The modern-day [[Hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Barrison Green, Bescar, Carr Cross, [[Drummersdale]], Hurlston, Pinfold, and Snape Green were formed from the early farms and settlements that did arise in the area.

"Wheelwrights House", a former workshop located on Southport Road, is another of the many listed buildings in Scarisbrick.<ref>http{{cite web| url = https://www.panoramio.com/photo/19952249| title = Panoramio is no longer available}} </ref>

|West = [[Birkdale, Southport|Birkdale]]<br />[[Shirdley Hill]]

According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2011]], Scarisbrick parish had a population of 3,554 people living in 1,505 households, with an almost even distribution between males and females.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128241&c=scarisbrick&d=16&e=62&g=6443282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428857466177&enc=1 |title=Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |website=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> The parish covers an area of {{convert|3207|ha|sqmi km2}}, giving a population density of {{convert|{{pop density|3554|3207|ha|disp=num|prec=1}}|PD/ha|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.<ref name=2011census>{{cite web NOMIS2011|urlid=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11128241&c=scarisbrick&d=16&e=62&g=6443282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428857466177&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 E04005314|title=Usual Resident Population, 2011 (KS101EW) |website=[[Office for National Statistics]]Scarisbrick Parish|access-date=1326 AprilMarch 20152021}}</ref> The increase in population from 3,204 in [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001]] represents a growth rate of {{percentage|(3554-3204)|3204|1}} over ten years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128241&c=scarisbrick&d=16&e=15&g=6443282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428886970859&enc=1 |title=Key Figures for 2001 Census: Key Statistics |website=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref>

A majority of {{percentage|3456|3554|1}} of residents were born in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11128241&c=scarisbrick&d=16&e=61&g=6443282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428857465334&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2525 |title=Country of Birth (detailed), 2011 (QS203EW) |website=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> and {{percentage|3440|3554|1}} identified as being of "[[White British]]" ethnicity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11128241&c=scarisbrick&d=16&e=61&g=6443282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428857465334&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2575 |title=Ethnic Group, 2011 (QS201EW) |website=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> Religion was recorded as {{percentage|2790|3554|1}} Christian, with {{percentage|514|3554|1}} of residents being of no religion, and {{percentage|218|3554|1}} declining to state; only {{percentage|(9+6+2+8+7)|3554|1}} belonged to an alternative religion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11128241&c=scarisbrick&d=16&e=61&g=6443282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428857465334&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2579 |title=Religion, 2011 (QS208EW) |website=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> Of the 2,695 residents aged between 16 and 74, {{percentage|1824|2695|1}} were regarded as economically active, and of those {{percentage|86|1824|1}} were unemployed.<ref>{{cite web |urlname=http:2011census//www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11128241&c=scarisbrick&d=16&e=61&g=6443282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428857465334&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2521 |title=Economic Activity, 2011 (QS601EW) |website=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref>

Scarisbrick is situated on the [[A570 road]], which runs northwest through the parishit between [[Ormskirk]] and [[Southport]] for a distance of approximately {{convert|4.7|mi|km}}. The [[A5147 road]], which runs north from [[Maghull]] through [[Halsall]], terminates at its junction with the A570 at Scarisbrick. There are also two [[B roads in Great Britain|B roads]], the [[B5242 road|B5242]] which leads towards [[Burscough]], and the [[B5243 road|B5243]] which provides an alternative route into Southport. The nearest [[motorway]] links are junction 3 of the [[M58 motorway|M58]], about {{convert|4.4|mi|km}} to the southeast at [[Bickerstaffe]], and junction 27 of the [[M6 motorway|M6]], which is about {{convert|7.9|mi|km}} due east at [[Wrightington]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |title=Election Maps |website=[[Ordnance Survey]] |access-date=11 April 2015}}</ref>

[[Bescar Lane railway station]], which opened in 1855,<ref name=Gell>{{cite book |last=Gell |first=Rob |date=1986 |title=An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848–1986 |publisher=Heyday Publishing Company |isbn=0-947562-04-4 }}</ref> is managed by [[Northern RailTrains]] on the [[Manchester to Southport Line]]. As of May 2015, trains generally operate eight times a day Monday–Saturday in each direction, travelling westbound to [[Southport railway station|Southport]] (12–15 minutes) and eastbound to [[Manchester stationOxford groupRoad railway station|Manchester stationsOxford Road]] via [[Wigan Wallgate railway station|Wigan Wallgate]] (65–70 minutes). There are no train services at Bescar Lane on Sundays.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northernrail.org/travel/timetables/235100 |title=Timetables - Bescar Lane |website=[[Northern Rail]] |access-date=11 April 2015}}</ref> During the 2013–14 [[financial year]], the station was used by an estimated 3,146 passengers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates |title=Estimates of station usage |website=[[Office of Rail and& Road]] |access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-date=25 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625013846/http://www.orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Heathey Lane Halt railway station|Heathey Lane Halt]], a station on the [[Barton branch]] of the [[Lancashire and& Yorkshire Railway]], was situated on the boundary between Scarisbrick and Halsall, just to the north of the B5243 road bridge. The station was in operation between 1907 and 1938, and the line itself closed in 1952.<ref name=Gell />

*[[John Lennon]] (1940–1980), singer-songwriter and co-founder of [[the Beatles]], employed as a labourer at Mill Brow waterworks in 1959.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bowman |first=Jamie |date=23 January 2014 |title=John Lennon’sLennon's lost summer building Scarisbrick waterworks revealed in new book |url=http://www.osadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/john-lennons-lost-summer-building-6811065 |newspaper=Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Advertiser |access-date=15 April 2015 }}</ref>

*[[James Valiant]] (1884–1917), cricketer formerly of the Morris Dancers public house, died of wounds during [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Flannels—Now Khaki |work=The Ormskirk Advertiser |date=18 November 1915 |page=5 |}}</ref>

[[Category:Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire]]