CH47 2BL

Hoylake and Meols · Wirral · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wirral
Constituency
Wirral West
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 2BR 40 m
CH47 5AA 47 m
CH47 2BT 55 m
CH47 2BN 56 m
CH47 3BE 57 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH47 2BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2003
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 2
Latitude
53.395035
Longitude
-3.175218
British National Grid easting
321,949
British National Grid northing
389,331

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
E00036447
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014D · E01007201
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 014 · E02001480

Postcode source versions

Explore CH47

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
16
Secondary
3
  1. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

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    207 m
  2. Great Meols Primary School

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    1.7 km
  3. West Kirby Grammar School

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    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
435
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 166
  • Shoplifting 73
  • Public order 53
  • Anti social behaviour 47
  • Other theft 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

8 female, 11 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.4
CH47 2 residents
2,185

Age bands in CH47 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

339 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

197 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

527 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

702 residents

Age 65 and over
28.4%

700 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH47 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

6

within 5 km

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    1.4 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    2.3 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    3.9 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    4.1 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85028

    4.3 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    4.4 km

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

  • Shaw Street

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.0 miles
  • Melrose Avenue

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Manor Road Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Manor Road Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Manor Road Rail Station

    RLY · Hoylake

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 014D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,875 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 207 m.

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

Recorded crime

435 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 166 events.

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