Alevel Geography casestudy - Toxteth vs. Lympstone

Where is Lympstone ?

East Devon, by the coast.

What are some natural characteristics of Lympstone?

• A small pebble beach

• Tidal mudflats in the estuary

• River Exe

• Occupying a small valley

What percentage of Lympstone’s population is white?

98.9% of residents

How many people are there per hectacre of land in Lympstone?

16.6

What percentage of Lympstone’s residents are over the age of 65?

25%

What is the unemployment rate in Lympstone?

3.8%

What percentage of Lympstone’s residents are Christian?

67%

What percentage of people in Lympstone have no access to a car

13%

What percentage of people in lympstone have bad health

4.1%

what percentage of people in Toxteth have bad health

9.4%

What is Lympstone’s political hierachy, and how are minor issues dealt with?

They have a Parish church council, with eleven members elected. who regularly meet to address local issues such as lighting local roads and equipping community facilities

What percentage of students passed 2 or more alevels in Lympstone?

100%

What is the population of Lympstone?

1,770

What cultural aspects does Lympstone have to maintain a community?

They have a prayer group that meet every wednesday, and a local gardening club.

Which office moved their resources into Lympstone in 2003?

Met office (weather forecast) - allowing a knock on effect for the areas services

What fraction of employees in lympstone are managers, directors or have a profesional occupation?

1/3

What is the greatest political power over Lympstone?

They are apart of an area that elects 2 district counsellors for a Parlimentary constituency (Exmouth and Exeter east). 72,00 people are under it

How many people are apart of Liverpools riverside parlimentary constituency?

around 73,000

Population of toxteth?

32,000

What is the average age of people who live in Toxteth

37.7

What does the average age tell us about Toxteth

Youthful - younger than the mean age of the UK. Few elderly residents

What percentage of toxteth’s population is white

78.6%W

What percentage of toxteth’s population is black

6.9%Ww

What percentage of Toxteth’s population is asian

4.6%

What percentage of Toxteth’s population has no access to a car

54%

What percentage have no formal qualifications (toxteth)

27%

What percentage claim benefits

23% (10% higher than the national average)

How many people are owner occupiers

24%

What constituency is Toxteth in

liverpool riverside

Who is the MP for liverpool riverside

Labour

What is the built environment like:

• Mixture between old terraced housing

• post WW2 social housing

• Large victorian townhouses

• Adapted by the migrant communities, mosques and ethnic shops

• Residential complex ‘Princes Docks’ - 162 flats, 22 storeys - highlights high percentage of rented accomadation.

How is the culture reflected through the built enviroment:

• Greek Orthodox synagogue (since the 19 century)

• Caribbean community centre

• Al Rahma mosque (2008)

All built on the same block (princes road) - multicultural community

How did expanding industry impact toxteth

• Port was on the ‘wrong side’ - innaccessible to ships coming from Europe, so less activity in the ports

• Containerisation meant less dock workers required

• Deindustrialisation (less factory workers)

• The port was too shallow for large cargo ships

What occurred in 1981 as a result of mass unemployment rates

Toxteth riots, triggered. by unemployment in the black community

What is an example of a past goverment influence on Toxteth

Merseyside development corporation - funded by Tory goverment from the 80’s.

How did Merseyside Development Corporation help shift Toxteth & its place image

• regenerating abandoned docks and integrating them into the architecture of the city

• ‘European Capital of Culture in 2008’

• Investments from MDC and central goverment

What did the MDC intend to do with the employment structure in Toxteth

Shift away from a declining secondary sector, and emphasis onto tertiary (art and retail)

What opened in a regenerated old warehouse

The Tate Liverpool

What is Lympstone manor

a 2 michelin star restaurant/hotel, opened by MBE awarded chef.

What railway runs through the area

Along the embankments, trains from Exmouth to Exeter

Why is the demographic of Lympstone changing

2nd and 3rd generation immigrants are fully assimilated, and so we see them moving into wealthier areas.

What constituency is Lympstone in

East Exeter and Exmouth

What industry operated in Lympstone in the 13th century

minor trade occuring from the port

What was the estuary used for in the 19th century

Fishing and shellfish industry

What arrived in 1861 that helped improve Lympstones connectivity

Railway opened - allowing locals to easily travel to exeter, where more employment was available

What further change occurred in the 20th century

Dormitories for Exeter were built in and around Lympstone