CH47 2HG

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 2HD 3 m
CH47 2DL 49 m
CH47 2DW 84 m
CH47 2DS 94 m
CH47 2DD 98 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH47 2HG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
1 July 2002
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 2
Latitude
53.394574
Longitude
-3.179160
British National Grid easting
321,686
British National Grid northing
389,284

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
E00036486
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014B · E01007194
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
18
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

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    472 m
  2. West Kirby Grammar School

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    1.9 km
  3. Great Meols Primary School

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    1.9 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 155
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 50
  • Anti social behaviour 43
  • Other theft 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    1.7 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    2.2 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    4.2 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    4.3 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85028

    4.6 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Melrose Avenue

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Alderley Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Shaw Street

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Alderley Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Hoylake Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 014B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,388 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
1 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 472 m.

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

Recorded crime

394 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 155 events.

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