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Oriel Drive school, the Aintree Lane/Altway site was closed as a school at the beginning of the 2008–09 academic year, was taken over by Old Roan Baptist Church and is now called the Hope Centre, providing various services for the local community. The school has a large field used for events such as their sports day and an all-weather sports pitch. The original building was built in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Church, Old Roan Baptist Church (which met in Davenhill Primary School until recently and now meets at the former site of Holy Rosary Infants School) and Aintree Village Family Church (a Baptist church, meeting at Old Roan Methodist Church Hall, Altway); two small local shopping areas (on Altway and
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origin, means "one tree" or "tree standing alone." It is first recorded in 1226, also as Ayntre (the usual mediaeval spelling) in 1292. Eyntre occurs; Ayntree and Ayntrie, 16th century. Local legend held that an oak tree on Bull Bridge Lane (removed in 2004) was "the Ain tree" though the antiquity
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mile (800 metres) between the schools. The reception and infant classes were based at a site at the Old Roan end of the village between Altway and Aintree Lane, and the junior classes based at the Valentine end of the village in the Oriel Drive site. After substantial building work to extend the
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Aintree Davenhill Primary School has a large field with a metal building that was built in the 1950s (since been rebuilt). The building was going to be a hospital building, but was turned into a school. The classrooms were along corridors that were originally going to be hospital wards.
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The historic core of the village was a small linear settlement near the junction of School Lane, Bull Bridge Lane and Wango Lane. Much of the nearby flat, wet and boggy land was reclaimed for agriculture following the Alt Drainage Act of 1779.
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The northern terminus of the Aintree district is commonly referred to by the local populace as "Old Roan." This nomenclature is a colloquial moniker employed by residents and lacks formal legal recognition as a distinct geographical location.
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on the site, which used the same grandstands as the horserace. A shorter form of the racing circuit is still used for various motorsport events.
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along Ormskirk Road on former industrial land has brought a significant number of major out-of-town shops to the area.
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runs through the village, while various other routes to Liverpool and destinations to the north—including
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This article is about the village in the United Kingdom. For the suburb in Melbourne, Australia, see
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horserace. In the 1950s and 1960s, there was also a three-mile-long international Grand Prix
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as it passes through Aintree) - with the road passing through Aintree's retail parks. The
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Holy Rosary Primary School was a split-site school until 2008 with an approximate
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at the Old Roan); and three public houses, the Blue Anchor (which backs onto the
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Aintree Circuit Club - founded by the owners of Aintree Racecourse in 1954
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Sign marking boundary of Aintree and the Liverpool district of Walton
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goalkeeper, ran a pub in Aintree after retiring as a player in 1952.
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is convenient for the racecourse, the village itself is closer to
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Bus services are regular: a bus every 20 minutes to
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Old Roan
Aintree, Victoria

Aintree is located in Merseyside
Merseyside
OS grid reference
SJ375985
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Sefton
Metropolitan county
Merseyside
Region
North West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
L9, L10
Dialling code
Police
Merseyside
Fire
Merseyside
Ambulance
North West
UK Parliament
Sefton Central
UK

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