CH47 4AE

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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 4AL 108 m
CH47 4AU 115 m
CH47 4AT 126 m
CH47 4AN 145 m
CH47 4AD 204 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH47 4AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 4
Latitude
53.387432
Longitude
-3.183263
British National Grid easting
321,400
British National Grid northing
388,494

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
E00036453
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014A · E01007193
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 014 · E02001480

Postcode source versions

Explore CH47

37 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
21, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 4AE 6 February 2026 £1,092,500
39b, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 4AE 24 March 2025 £290,000
29, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 4AE 10 March 2025 £595,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. West Kirby Grammar School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  2. West Kirby Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  3. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
552
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 227
  • Public order 66
  • Shoplifting 65
  • Anti social behaviour 64
  • Criminal damage and arson 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
44

25 female, 19 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.3
CH47 4 residents
770

Age bands in CH47 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

91 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

50 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

117 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

167 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

119 residents

This postcode contained 5.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH47 4 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+
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

4

within 5 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    1.4 km

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    2.3 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    4.3 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    4.6 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

  • Morpeth Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Morpeth Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Hoylake Rail Station

    RSE · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Hoylake Rail Station

    RSE · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Hoylake Rail Station

    RLY · Hoylake

    0.3 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £580,000 from 7 recorded sales in CH47 4AE. 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Kirby Grammar School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

552 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 227 events.

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