Schools
105 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 15 secondary schools. Utopia is the nearest published school at 249 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH42 1NB
Rock Ferry · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birkenhead
- Ward
- Rock Ferry
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- CH42
- Postcode sector
- CH42 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH42 1NB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH42
- Postcode sector
- CH42 1
- Latitude
- 53.376838
- Longitude
- -3.011647
- British National Grid easting
- 332,797
- British National Grid northing
- 387,140
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Rock Ferry · E05000971
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Birkenhead · E14001091
- Output area
- E00168419
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 027D · E01007295
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 027 · E02001493
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 CH42
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 5, Royal Standard Way, Birkenhead, CH42 1NB | 25 November 2020 | £135,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 105
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 15
- 249 m
Utopia
Other independent special school
- 326 m
Rock Ferry Primary School
Academy converter
- 495 m
Well Lane Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,040
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,743
- Public order 420
- Criminal damage and arson 373
- Drugs 295
- Anti social behaviour 284
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH42 1 residents
- 3,617
Age bands in CH42 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.2%
824 residents
416 residents
1,003 residents
875 residents
475 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
35
within 5 km
GLADSTONE MED CTR
241-243 OLD CHESTER ROAD, ROCK FERRY, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD
ODS code N85031
266 m
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
525 NEW CHESTER ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 2AG
ODS code N85016
647 m
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
1.1 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
1.7 km
SUNLIGHT GROUP PRACTICE
SEFTON ROAD, NEW FERRY, WIRRAL, CH62 5HS
ODS code N85051
1.7 km
HAMILTON MED CTR
86 MARKET STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6AJ
ODS code N85021
1.9 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
2.0 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
2.5 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
2.5 km
DINGLE PARK PRACTICE
PARK STREET, TOXTETH, LIVERPOOL, L8 6QP
ODS code N82033
2.8 km
DR JUDE'S PRACTICE - RIVERSIDE
RIVERSIDE CENTRE FOR HEALTH, PARK STREET, LIVERPOOL, L8 6QP
ODS code N82646
2.8 km
GP PRACTICE RIVERSIDE (DR JUDE)
RIVERSIDE CTR FOR HEALTH, PARK STREET, LIVERPOOL, L8 6QP
ODS code N82091
2.8 km
TEEHEY LANE SURGERY
66 TEEHEY LANE, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 2JN
ODS code N85057
2.8 km
CIVIC MEDICAL CENTRE
CIVIC WAY, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 7RX
ODS code N85006
3.0 km
THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE
1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB
ODS code N85018
3.0 km
CHURCH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
25 BRACKENWOOD ROAD, HIGHER BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 2LR
ODS code N85633
3.1 km
KINGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE
25 BRACKENWOOD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH63 2LR
ODS code N85054
3.1 km
ST. JAMES' HEALTH CENTRE
29 GREAT GEORGE SQUARE, LIVERPOOL, L1 5DZ
ODS code N82082
3.2 km
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
3.3 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, 31 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85017
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 35 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St Pauls Road
BCT · Rock Ferry
- 0.1 miles
Union Street
BCT · Tranmere
- 0.2 miles
Woburn Place
BCT · Rock Ferry
- 0.2 miles
Oriel Road
BCT · Tranmere
- 0.2 miles
Southwick Road
BCT · Mersey Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 027D, 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
3,226 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 2
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,040 published events cover 12 months, averaging 336.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,743 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.