Property market
The five-year median is £412,500 from 8 recorded sales in CH43 7AF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Wirral is £215,575 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.
CH43 7AF
Bidston and St James · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Prenton
- Ward
- Bidston and St James
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- CH43
- Postcode sector
- CH43 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH43 7AF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 2023
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH43
- Postcode sector
- CH43 7
- Latitude
- 53.400065
- Longitude
- -3.077442
- British National Grid easting
- 328,459
- British National Grid northing
- 389,788
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
- E00036278
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 015E · E01007159
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 015 · E02001481
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 CH43
Property
9 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 7, Lyster Close, Prenton, CH43 7AF | 15 May 2025 | £375,000 |
| 4, Lyster Close, Prenton, CH43 7AF | 31 March 2025 | £360,000 |
| 8, Lyster Close, Prenton, CH43 7AF | 4 February 2025 | £385,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 88
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 10
- 458 m
The Observatory School
Community special school
- 559 m
St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 636 m
Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,898
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 740
- Shoplifting 215
- Criminal damage and arson 210
- Public order 189
- Anti social behaviour 188
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH43 7 residents
- 6,595
Age bands in CH43 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 15%
1,463 residents
764 residents
1,617 residents
1,667 residents
975 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
31
within 5 km
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
1.8 km
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
1.8 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, 31 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85017
2.1 km
MIRIAM PRIMARY CARE GROUP
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85625
2.1 km
LEASOWE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HUDSON ROAD, LEASOWE, WIRRAL, CH46 2QQ
ODS code N85640
2.2 km
MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE
27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE
ODS code N85048
2.2 km
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
2.2 km
BLACKHEATH MED CTR
76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG
ODS code N85648
2.3 km
MORETON GROUP PRACTICE
PASTURE ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, PASTURE ROAD, WIRRAL, CH46 8SA
ODS code N85028
2.3 km
HOYLAKE RD MET CTR
314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE
ODS code N85046
2.6 km
SOMERVILLE MED CTR
69 GORSEY LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 4AA
ODS code N85024
2.6 km
ST HILARY GROUP PRACTICE
BROADWAY, WALLASEY, CH45 3NA
ODS code N85025
2.7 km
CENTRAL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85027
2.7 km
LISCARD GROUP PRACTICE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL HC, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85616
2.7 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
3.1 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
3.2 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
3.2 km
MANOR HEALTH CTR
LISCARD VILLAGE, WALLASEY, CH45 4JG
ODS code N85023
3.2 km
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
3.2 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
27 GROVE ROAD, WALLASEY, CH45 3HE
ODS code N85620
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 31 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
- 0.3 miles
Eleanor Road
BCT · Bidston
- 0.3 miles
School Lane
BCT · Bidston
- 0.3 miles
Bidston Green Drive
BCT · Beechwood
- 0.3 miles
St Oswalds Avenue
BCT · Beechwood
- 0.3 miles
Bidston Green Drive
BCT · Beechwood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 015E, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,331 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 10 secondary schools. The Observatory School is the nearest published school at 458 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,898 published events cover 12 months, averaging 158.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 740 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.