Prescot is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, United Kingdom.

[2][3] Prescot marks the beginning of the A58 road which runs through to Wetherby, near Leeds in West Yorkshire.

The land remained desolate until 2000 when it was then regenerated into what is now known as Cables Retail Park, the name of which is a reference to the BICC and the history of the site on which it was built.

The current iteration of Prescot Town Hall is a converted public house: the conversion works were completed in 2014.

Dominating the skyline is the 17th-century Prescot Parish Church of St Mary's is the only Grade I listed building in the borough of Knowsley.

Places of worship shut down or moved over the past 20 years include the United Reformed church, the Kingdom Hall (Jehovah's Witnesses), the Plymouth Brethren Gospel Hall and an independent charismatic church called simply Prescot Christian Fellowship.

On the edge of the town is the famous estate of Lord Derby, which includes Knowsley Safari Park.

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada.

[citation needed] The town is served by the local newspapers: Prescot & Knowsley Reporter [13] and Liverpool Echo.