CH47 5BS

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 5BA 31 m
CH47 5AZ 44 m
CH47 5BB 64 m
CH47 5BE 64 m
CH47 5BD 98 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH47 5BS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 5
Latitude
53.402227
Longitude
-3.166887
British National Grid easting
322,516
British National Grid northing
390,122

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
E00036479
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014C · E01007200
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
28
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Great Meols Primary School

    Academy converter

    764 m
  2. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    876 m
  3. Black Horse Hill Infant School

    Community school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
438
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 165
  • Shoplifting 73
  • Public order 49
  • Anti social behaviour 43
  • Other theft 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CH47 5 residents
832

Age bands in CH47 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

107 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

58 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.9%

111 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

215 residents

Age 65 and over
29.8%

208 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

7

within 5 km

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    796 m

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    3.3 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    3.4 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85028

    3.7 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    3.8 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    4.1 km

  • BLACKHEATH MED CTR

    76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG

    ODS code N85648

    4.3 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bertram Drive

    BCT · Meols

    0.2 miles
  • Bertram Drive

    BCT · Meols

    0.2 miles
  • Bertram Drive

    BCT · Sandhey

    0.2 miles
  • Bertram Drive

    BCT · Sandhey

    0.3 miles
  • Banks Avenue

    BCT · Meols

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 014C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,416 of 33,755

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

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Great Meols Primary School is the nearest published school at 764 m.

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

Recorded crime

438 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 165 events.

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