Clock Face, New Bold and Bold Heath
All three sit in Bold parish. Clock Face is about four miles south of St Helens town centre, named after the large clock face on a local inn, with WA9 4 postcodes. Bold Heath is the hamlet south of the M62, with WA8 postcodes that usually read Widnes even though it is in St Helens borough.
In the 2021 Census, the Bold and Lea Green ward, which takes in Clock Face, had 4,962 households: 42% semi-detached, 31% terraced and 21% detached, with 64% owner occupied. Terraces on Lever Street, Jersey Street and Bentley Street sit close to semis on Gorsey Lane and Four Acre Lane.
Gartons Lane and Gorsey Lane
The council approved 514 homes by Taylor Wimpey on 20 hectares at Gartons Lane in January 2023, with 155 affordable homes and a local letting policy that gives priority to people from Clock Face. Two further bids of about 220 homes each, north of Gorsey Lane, are inside the Bold Forest area. Once building starts, Gartons Lane, Gorsey Lane and Jubits Lane will carry site traffic, so we time arrivals to avoid the heaviest deliveries.
If you are moving from a terrace in Clock Face to a new-build a few streets away, a man and van hire booked by the load is usually the simplest way to do it.
Bold Forest Garden Village
On 21 January 2026 the council adopted the Bold Forest Garden Village masterplan, the largest housing plan in the borough.
- About 3,000 homes on 128 hectares, at least 30% of them affordable.
- A new primary school, healthcare and a village centre.
- Around 30 building parcels in six character areas, one of them facing Clock Face Country Park.
- A gateway area towards St Helens Junction station in Sutton.
Building dates have not been set.
Old Pit Land and the Dream Sculpture
Clock Face Colliery closed in 1966 and Sutton Manor Colliery in 1991. The council reclaimed the Clock Face site as a 57-acre country park, and Jaume Plensa's 20-metre Dream sculpture has stood on the old Sutton Manor spoil tip above the M62 since 2009. Clock Face station has long closed, and Lea Green is the nearest railway station. For rubbish and clearances, the closest council tips are Rainhill on Tasker Terrace and the Town Centre site on Burtonhead Road, both by booking for vans.