Birchwood, Lincolnshire

Birchwood is a housing estate 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 is located in Lincolnshire
Birchwood, Lincolnshire
Birchwood, Lincolnshire
Location within Lincolnshire
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands

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

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 rates in Birchwood are average, the area coming 4th 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.
  13. "The Boiler Room". City of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  14. "Crime Statistics". Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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