Larkfield, Greenock
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Larkfield is the largest council housing estate in south-west Greenock, Scotland.
It is named after Larkfield Farm, and confusingly there are two Larkfield Roads nearby. One is in Gourock heading towards Larkfield itself. The other is in Greenock and runs parallel to Inverclyde Royal Hospital.
The main road through the estate is Burns Road - all of Larkfield lower than Burns Road is known as the "bottom end" with everything above it the "top end" (or "tap end"). Larkfield Primary and Sacred Heart Primary Schools are both situated in Larkfield as was Springfield until recently. St Andrew's Church is on Auchmead Road, as is Ravenscraig, Inverclyde's athletics stadium, home to Greenock Juniors Football Club.
Despite Larkfield's past, the place remains a very homely place where the inhabitants preserve strong social bonds and will always look out for one another. Recently youngsters from the area spawned a football team, creating a local tournament for charity. Youths from the "top end" and the "bottom end" merged together to raise money for a charity.
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