Knowsley Facts

  • 15 minutes from Liverpool City Centre and 30 minutes from Manchester

  • One of the Top 3 places in the UK recovering well after COVID 19 pandemic (Source: Financial Times)

  • Home to Shakespeare North Playhouse – one of only three dedicated Shakespearean theatres in the UK

  • Population increased by 7% over the last 10 years – Census 2021

  • 90% of primary schools ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’

  • House prices up 22% since 2020 – compared to national average of just 11%

  • In person spending in Kirkby up 25% from pre pandemic levels

  • Footfall in Kirkby up 160% in 22/23 – the highest increase anywhere in the UK

  • 6765 new homes built since 2010 – 1608 of those were affordable homes

  • More than 50% of the UK population reached within a four-hour drive time

  • Knowsley Business Park is the second largest of its kind in the North West

  • Home to more than 3700 businesses including major brands including Jaguar Land Rover, QVC and Matalan.

  • Just 8 miles from the Port of Liverpool and located between 2 international airports.

  • Knowsley employers have access to a wide and skilled talent pool of 970,000 working age people and a further six million people are within an hour commute of Knowsley

  • 12 universities and thousands of graduates within an hour of Knowsley

  • Home to Knowsley Hall, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Derby, whose family history spans politics, sport and culture.