CH47 1AB

Hoylake and Meols · Wirral · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wirral
Local authority
Wirral
Constituency
Wirral West
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 2AN 58 m
CH47 1HQ 73 m
CH47 2AR 79 m
CH47 1HA 117 m
CH47 2AQ 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH47 1AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 1
Latitude
53.392075
Longitude
-3.183648
British National Grid easting
321,383
British National Grid northing
389,011

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wirral · E08000015
Parish or community
E43000169
Westminster constituency
Wirral West · E14001589
Output area
E00036467
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014A · E01007193
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 014 · E02001480

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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79 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sandbanks, 20, Apartment 27, The Kings Gap, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 1AB 23 March 2026 £102,500
Sandbanks, 20, Apartment 23, The Kings Gap, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 1AB 18 July 2025 £130,000
Sandbanks, 20, Apartment 8, The Kings Gap, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 1AB 18 July 2025 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
12
Secondary
3
  1. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    834 m
  2. West Kirby Grammar School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. West Kirby Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
394
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 154
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 51
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Other theft 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

29 female, 10 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
1.3
CH47 1 residents
646

Age bands in CH47 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.2%

65 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.3%

40 residents

Age 25 to 44
11.4%

73 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

189 residents

Age 65 and over
42.5%

271 residents

This postcode contained 6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH47 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MARINE LAKE HEALTH & WELLBEING CTR, ORRYSDALE ROAD, WEST KIRBY, WIRRAL, CH48 5AA

    ODS code N85002

    2.0 km

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

    WARWICK HOUSE, STATION APPROACH, MEOLS, WIRRAL, CH47 8XA

    ODS code N85059

    2.1 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

    GREASBY HEALTH CENTRE, GREASBY ROAD, GREASBY, WIRRAL, CH49 3AT

    ODS code N85032

    4.4 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    4.5 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

    PASTURE ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, PASTURE ROAD, WIRRAL, CH46 8SA

    ODS code N85028

    5.0 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    5.0 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hoylake Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Hoylake Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Albert Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Hoylake Rail Station

    RSE · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Hoylake Rail Station

    RLY · Hoylake

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 014A, 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

24,369 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £123,750 from 20 recorded sales in CH47 1AB. 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.

Schools

Published establishments

17 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 834 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

394 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 154 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.