Schools
91 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 10 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Portland is the nearest published school at 521 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH41 8JA
Bidston and St James · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bidston and St James
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- CH41
- Postcode sector
- CH41 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH41 8JA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- 1 November 2000
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH41
- Postcode sector
- CH41 8
- Latitude
- 53.404314
- Longitude
- -3.053678
- British National Grid easting
- 330,046
- British National Grid northing
- 390,237
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Bidston and St James · E05000955
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Birkenhead · E14001091
- Output area
- E00036069
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 011C · E01007122
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 011 · E02001477
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CH41
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 91
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 10
- 521 m
Co-op Academy Portland
Academy sponsor led
- 831 m
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 856 m
Kilgarth School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,792
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,178
- Criminal damage and arson 298
- Public order 290
- Shoplifting 215
- Anti social behaviour 213
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH41 8 residents
- 3,124
Age bands in CH41 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 23.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.5%
736 residents
355 residents
947 residents
746 residents
397 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
32
within 5 km straight-line
CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, 31 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85017
824 m
MIRIAM PRIMARY CARE GROUP
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85625
824 m
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
844 m
SOMERVILLE MED CTR
69 GORSEY LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 4AA
ODS code N85024
1.0 km
CENTRAL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85027
1.4 km
LISCARD GROUP PRACTICE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL HC, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85616
1.4 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
1.8 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
1.8 km
MANOR HEALTH CTR
LISCARD VILLAGE, WALLASEY, CH45 4JG
ODS code N85023
1.9 km
ST HILARY GROUP PRACTICE
BROADWAY, WALLASEY, CH45 3NA
ODS code N85025
2.1 km
EGREMONT MED CTR
9 KING STREET, WALLASEY, CH44 8AT
ODS code N85629
2.4 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
2.4 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
2.5 km
HAMILTON MED CTR
86 MARKET STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6AJ
ODS code N85021
2.6 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
27 GROVE ROAD, WALLASEY, CH45 3HE
ODS code N85620
2.9 km
GROVE RD SURGERY
71 GROVE ROAD, WALLASEY, CH45 3HF
ODS code N85052
2.9 km
LEASOWE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HUDSON ROAD, LEASOWE, WIRRAL, CH46 2QQ
ODS code N85640
3.0 km
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
3.2 km
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
3.2 km
ST GEORGES MEDICAL CENTRE
FIELD ROAD, WALLASEY, CH45 5LN
ODS code N85012
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 32 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Birkenhead North Interchange
BCT · Birkenhead
- 0.2 miles
Birkenhead North Rail Station
RLY · Birkenhead
- 0.2 miles
Birkenhead North Rail Station
RSE · Birkenhead
- 0.2 miles
Buccleuch Street
BCT · Birkenhead
- 0.2 miles
Birkenhead North Interchange
BCT · Birkenhead
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 011C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
78 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,792 published events cover 12 months, averaging 232.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,178 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.