CH47 8XY

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 8XZ 45 m
CH47 8XP 48 m
CH47 8XN 94 m
CH47 7BT 115 m
CH47 8XA 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH47 8XY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH47
Postcode sector
CH47 8
Latitude
53.400151
Longitude
-3.153910
British National Grid easting
323,375
British National Grid northing
389,877

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
E00036480
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 013A · E01007195
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 013 · E02001479

Postcode source versions

Explore CH47

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
21, Derwent Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 8XY 5 December 2025 £455,000
1a, Derwent Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 8XY 1 May 2025 £275,000
1, Derwent Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 8XY 26 March 2025 £315,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
24
Secondary
4
  1. Great Meols Primary School

    Academy converter

    536 m
  2. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km
  3. Lingham Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
313
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 115
  • Shoplifting 48
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Public order 24
  • Other theft 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

26 female, 22 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.7
CH47 8 residents
405

Age bands in CH47 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

150 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

80 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

214 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

274 residents

Age 65 and over
25.5%

246 residents

This postcode contained 11.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH47 8 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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    116 m

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    2.5 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85028

    2.8 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    2.9 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    3.3 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    3.4 km

  • BLACKHEATH MED CTR

    76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG

    ODS code N85648

    3.5 km

  • LEASOWE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HUDSON ROAD, LEASOWE, WIRRAL, CH46 2QQ

    ODS code N85640

    4.4 km

  • UPTON GROUP PRACTICE

    32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF

    ODS code N85013

    4.6 km

  • HEATHERLANDS MED CTR

    396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA

    ODS code N85037

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Meols Rail Station

    RLY · Meols

    0.1 miles
  • Meols Rail Station

    RSE · Meols

    0.1 miles
  • Meols Rail Station

    RSE · Meols

    0.1 miles
  • Meols Interchange

    BCT · Meols

    0.1 miles
  • Meols Interchange

    BCT · Meols

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 013A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,749 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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
18
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 £305,000 from 6 recorded sales in CH47 8XY. 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

36 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. Great Meols Primary School is the nearest published school at 536 m.

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

Recorded crime

313 published events cover 12 months, averaging 26.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 115 events.

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