News & Events

The Town Council where shocked to hear in November that KMBC’s proposal to create a new Green Space Trust involved the sale of King George V Memorial Playing Fields Prescot (known locally as Brown’s Field). Since that time the Town Council have worked alongside local residents to help develop a new Friends of the park group (Friends of KGV Brown’s Field and Carr Lane Woods) who will campaign against it’s loss and work to enhance the site in the future. The football pitches which had been rested, are now being well used by Berkley Juniors FC who currently have 4 teams using the site, the club are launching a new academy for 4-6 year olds boys and girls training sessions on Saturday mornings 11-12 with the express interest of attracting new players from Prescot. These actions have been taken to ensure that we maximise the use of the site.

The Town Council have also approved the response to KMBC below which provides a number of alternative options to the sale of Brown’s Field.

Knowsley Greenspace Trust – Response Feb 2018

You can help by writing to the Leader of Knowsley Council andy.moorhead@knowsley.gov.uk , and the organisation Fields in Trust (who protect playing fields) via jamie.leeson@fieldsintrust.org or helen.griffiths@fieldsintrust.org to let them know how you feel about the loss of such an important community asset.

A new pilates class will start from 10th March 2018 at Prescot Town Hall every Saturday morning from 10.30am – 11.30am.

Pilates Poster

Songs from the Shows with Bentley Operatic Society

Prescot Men 15     Blackpool  2

Prescot broke their own league goal scoring record by smashing fifteen past a sorry Blackpool. The goal festival started with Jobes, Mortimer and Boulton before Doyle and Lomax added to the rout. To be fair Blackpool have lost several players this season and tried to make a game of it. More goals from Johnson, Heaps, Boulton and Talbot condemned Blackpool to their heaviest ever defeat. The huge win has put Prescot top of the North West One scoring charts again but an indifferent start to 2018 means promotion this year might be out of reach.

South Manchester 4       Prescot 2nds    2

The Prescot twos were missing a few senior players and after conceding two early goals against Manchester it looked as though a heavy defeat was on the cards. However, Prescot settled into a good rhythm and forced the opposition keeper into several saves. Just on half time Hayes netted from a penalty corner to keep Prescot well in the game. South Manchester are a good top four side and scored from the restart and poured forward. The Prescot defence held firm for long periods and then Maher scored for Prescot from a well worked penalty corner. Prescot pushed on for an equaliser but conceded a fourth against the run if play in the final minute. With five Prescot players aged 14 playing for long periods against a senior team it was a fantastic result and the club has a thriving junior hockey section producing some real quality players.

From Pen to Paper & Art Workshops

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Prescot Town Hall – Christmas Closure 2017

Christmas Concert Raises £1K for Charity

Merseytravel – Knowsley Bus Review – Have your say

Come along to the drop-in sessions between 10.00am – 3.00pm at Prescot Town Hall and have your say on bus services in Knowsley.

Wednesday 29 November 2017

Prescot Town Council were last night shocked to learn that Knowsley Borough Council (KMBC) had identified King George V Memorial Playing Fields aka Brown’s Field as a site that they intend to surrender for development, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the creation of a Knowsley Green Space Trust which will provide maintenance and development in other parks around Knowsley.

News reached the Town Council last night following a cabinet meeting of Knowsley Borough Council were a list of 17 sites for surrender was agreed. Brown’s Field was the only site identified within the Town Boundary to be offered up, however the Town Council believe the impact of such a loss will be profound, and would ask that if Prescot had to lose some land why not Carr Lane woods which provides much less public amenity.

Browns Field is a wide open public space with excellent site lines across its entirety providing a safe place to be. As such the site is very well used by the local community including dog walkers and local children’s football teams.

Browns Field is leased to Prescot Town Council by KMBC. The park is predominately maintained by the Town Council’s Grounds Maintenance Provider VIVARK, with the exception of the 8-13 years natural play space which is still KMBC’s maintenance responsibility, therefore KMBC incur minimal maintenance costs.

The park benefits from:
• A traditional playground for younger children
• A natural play spaces for 8-13-year olds
• Two senior and one junior football pitches
• Perimeter footpath on the easterly edge of the park
• Parking facility

In addition to the above the park also hosts the annual Prescot Carnival, usually held in the month of June. The Carnival provides a wide range of free activities and attractions for residents. The amenity offered by Browns Field does not exist anywhere else in the Town and given the lack of green space in Prescot would mean this amenity will be lost forever.

Prescot Town Council will seek further information from KMBC on why the decision to surrender Brown’s Field has been taken and lobby KMBC to have the decision reversed.