Birchwood, Lincoln

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Birchwood Estate/Birchwood
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Birchwood Estate/Birchwood
Location within Lincolnshire
Population8,932 (2021)
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LINCOLN
Postcode district LN6
Dialling code 01522
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53°12′53″N0°36′13″W / 53.214748°N 0.603583°W / 53.214748; -0.603583

Birchwood is a district and suburb of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. The district population in the 2021 Census was 8,932. [1] It is located midway between Skellingthorpe and Boultham. Birchwood and Doddington Park are built on the site of the Second World War airfield RAF Skellingthorpe which had hosted No. 50 Squadron and No. 61 Squadron.

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Amenities and community

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Birchwood War Memorial

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.

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Birchwood Avenue, Birchwood

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]

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St Luke's Church, Birchwood

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. [7] It is fully accessible for wheelchair users. [8] The Catholic Parish of St Peter & St Paul is in nearby Skellingthorpe Road and the parish oversees St Hugh's Primary School. "The Boiler House" community centre provides for a range of groups and activities. [9]

Lincoln Western Growth Corridor

Birchwood is currently seeing a major northern expansion over the north of Skellingthorpe Road which will form part of the Lincoln Western Growth Corridor scheme [10] and will see up to 3,200 new homes and a new district being built on green fields to the north of Birchwood. Works are currently underway but have been met with much disruption, opposition and issues relating to traffic congestion. [11] [12]

Demographics

Birchwood had a population of 8,932 residents at the 2021 Census. The ethnicity makeup of the district at the census was 95% White, followed by 2% Asian, 1% Black, 1% Mixed Race, 1% Other Ethnicity and less than 1% Arab. This makes the district, 95% White and 5% Ethnic minorities. The religious makeup of the district was 50% Irreligious, followed by 48% Christian, 1% Muslim, 1% Other religion and less than 1% Hindu. Making the district 50% irreligious and 50% religious. The median age of the district was primarily 18-64 years old followed by 0-17 years old and 65+ years old. Most of the residents were born in the UK, with around 7,988 UK born, followed by 657 from EU countries and 140 from Middle East and Asia countries. The gender split for the district was 4,610 Women and 4,324 Males. There are a number of churches in the district and the nearest mosque is in the Boultham area of Lincoln.

Transport

Birchwood has regular bus services to Lincoln, Skellingthorpe and Anwick. The nearest railway stations are Lincoln, Saxilby and Hykeham. The former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway passed by the district with a station at Skellingthorpe but this closed in the 1950s. The trackbed now forms a footpath between Skellingthorpe and Fledborough in Nottinghamshire.

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References

  1. ↑ "Birchwood (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Home". st-hughs-school.org.uk.
  3. ↑ "Home". lesliemanser.lincs.sch.uk.
  4. ↑ "Home". birchwood.lincs.sch.uk.
  5. ↑ "Birchwood Centre opens after revamp". April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Birchwood Children's Centre". Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ecclesiastical parish details". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Church web site". St Luke and St Martin’s Church. December 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "The Boiler Room". City of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Foden, Craig. "Western Growth Corridor". City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Lincoln: Key milestone reached in major new homes scheme". BBC News. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Residents' traffic concerns as work imminent for Lincoln's Western Growth Corridor". The Lincolnite. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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