CH47 5WP

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 5BH 4 m
CH47 3AX 36 m
CH47 3BA 51 m
CH47 3AY 52 m
CH47 5BJ 54 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH47 5WP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2004
Terminated
1 May 2004
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 5
Latitude
53.396317
Longitude
-3.174636
British National Grid easting
321,990
British National Grid northing
389,473

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
E00036489
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014E · E01007202
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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    223 m
  2. Great Meols Primary School

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    1.5 km
  3. West Kirby Grammar School

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    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
433
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 45
  • 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

    1.3 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    2.5 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

    4.3 km

  • BLACKHEATH MED CTR

    76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG

    ODS code N85648

    5.0 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

  • Manor Road Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Manor Road Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Shaw Street

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Manor Road Rail Station

    RLY · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Melrose Avenue

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 014E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,541 of 33,755

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

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 223 m.

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

Recorded crime

433 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.083 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.