Roby | |
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Village | |
St. Bartholomew's Church, Roby | |
Location within Merseyside | |
Population | 7,254 (2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SJ435905 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LIVERPOOL |
Postcode district | L14,L16,L36 |
Dialling code | 0151 |
Police | Merseyside |
Fire | Merseyside |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Roby is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It was previously administratively linked with its neighbour Huyton by the Huyton-with-Roby civil parish[1] and Huyton with Roby Urban District. Like Huyton, Roby is effectively a dormitory village or suburb of the neighbouring City of Liverpool. At the 2001 Census, the population of Roby was 9,353, (4,511 males, 4,842 females).[2] reducing to 7,254 at the 2011 Census.[3] Roby is the location of the sixth form centre of Knowsley Community College.