I bought in Prescot 12 months ago and have been around the area the past 10 years.
It's not a bad place. As ScottScott says above the High Street is gaining nicer restaurants with Pinion opening recently, Urban Chiringuito soon, Albion Bakehouse gaining another premises. So there are more independants springing up in the area which is only a good thing.
Liverpool is 23 mins away on the train from Prescot train station and you have Whiston train station too, so 4 trains an hour to town.
Plenty of houses are being built in Prescot. Must be 500-1000 houses in the coming years. 250 or so just on Scotchbarn Lane, the other 500 or so near Carr Lane/ Tesco.
St Helens is an actual positive for a town to be close by. The town centre is like another planet but the shops that are there are handy considering it is 10 mins in the car from my house. B&Q, Currys, KFC (
) Halfords, Nandos. Saves battling Edge Lane.
I have a Cineworld card and that is my nearest. Speke is only down the 57 aswell.
There is a lot of social housing and with that a lot of horrible people, I have to say that I have came across the past 10 years. As it is Knowsley council you find people moving out of Kirkby and Huyton who just want to get away from the areas so end up in Prescot. Choose the correct place to buy and you won't come across any of the people who don't want to add anything to society.
Manchester Road, Warrington Road and anywhere north of Warrington Road.