Toxteth

• physical geography

  • located on the river Mersey = a narrow river with fast water and no beach so ships can port easily
  • flat land = used for industry, housing, infrastructure, railway
• built environment

  • inner-city, urban area
  • victorian, terraced houses = degenerate, poor, vandalised
  • low order shops with flats above = some shut down
  • adapted by migrant community = lots of Middle Eastern shops and a mosque
  • many building have changes use + new ones constructed
• average house prices

  • middle of toxteth = terraced houses at £ 400,000
  • edge of toxteth = detached and more modern at £ 1.5 million
• environmental quality


  not much greenery and lots of vandalism
• population

  • general increase
  • during the Industrial Revolution = workers attracted to jobs in Liverpool
  • these people were of fertile age = babies made and natural increase
• political characteristics

  • part of a Riverside Ward = one of 30 making up Liverpool city council
  • the city council has powers and duties such as education, services, regeneration, housing , etc.
  • also have local groups
• cultural face

  • culture goes back to 19th century = greek orthodox church and synagogue
  • changed over time = now, major muslim festivals such as Eid and also Indika (an Indian art and music festival)
  • lots of different cultures and religions
  • has a mosque with up to 5000 praying during Eid
• containerisation in toxteth

  • people used to unload goods by hand but now use machines = mass unemployment that affected the whole of Merseyside because most of toxteth worked either at the docks or in an industry linked with imports
  • docks also migrated further south to expand trade with Europe = lots of poverty and unemployment = a factor leading to the riots of 1981 (lowest point in toxteth history) = shows history as a changing place