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Birchwood is a village in the south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The population of the Birchwood Ward of Lincoln City Council at the 2011 census was 8,520.[1] It is built on the site of former RAF Skellingthorpe.

Birchwood, Lincolnshire

Ss Luke & Martin church, Birchwood
Birchwood, Lincolnshire
Location within Lincolnshire
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°12′50″N 00°36′00″W

History


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. There is a memorial at Birchwood Leisure Centre.


Amenities and community


Birchwood Co-op
Birchwood Co-op

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.

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] Birchwood has takeaways, pubs and attractions and its own police station,[7] and veterinary practice.[8]

Hartsholme Country Park adjoins the village.

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.[9] It is fully accessible for wheelchair users.[10] The Catholic Parish of St Peter & St Paul is in nearby Skellingthorpe Road and the parish oversees St Hugh's Primary School.[11] There is also a Methodist church.[12]

"The Boiler House" community centre provides for a range of groups and activities.[13]

Crime in Birchwood is described as high, the area coming 8th of 12 in Lincoln.[14]


References


  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  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. "Birchwood Police Office". Archived from the original on 12 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  8. "way & Lee". Find Any Vet.
  9. "Ecclesiastical parish details". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  10. "Church web site". St Luke and St Martin’s Church. December 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  11. "Catholic parish details". Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  12. "Methodists in Birchwood". Lincoln South Methodist Circuit. Retrieved 1 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
  13. "The Boiler Room". City of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  14. "Crime Statistics". Retrieved 4 April 2013.


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