Simonswood

Simonswood
Simonswood
	Simonswood Hall
	Simonswood Location in West Lancashire Simonswood Location within Lancashire
Population	151 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	SD417013
Civil parish	Simonswood;
District	West Lancashire;
Shire county	Lancashire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L33
Dialling code	0151
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	West Lancashire;
	List of places UK England Lancashire 53°30′18″N 2°52′41″W / 53.505°N 2.878°W

Simonswood is a civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. At the 2001 census, the population was 130,^[1] increasing to 151 by the 2011 census.^[2]

It was originally a township associated with the parish of Walton on the Hill, and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 to 1974 it formed part of the West Lancashire Rural District. On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, it was transferred to the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in the new metropolitan county of Merseyside. The Simonswood parish was transferred back to Lancashire (to the West Lancashire district), on 1 April 1994. At the time of this transfer the area of the parish was 830 hectares (8.3 km²; 3.2 sq mi), and the population was 150.^[3]

There is one listed building in the parish, Simonswood Hall, which is listed at Grade II*.^[4]