Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Rainhill is a suburb of St Helens, Merseyside,England. It was formerly a separate village, then part of Prescot parish and borough. It was the site of the famous 1829 Rainhill Trials where a number of railway locomotives were entered in a competition to decide a suitable design for use on the new Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The winner was The Rocket, designed by George Stephenson. The railway still runs through Rainhill. There is a station with frequent services to Liverpool, Manchester and Warrington. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.