CH48 0RJ

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
CH48
Postcode sector
CH48 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH48 0RY 40 m
CH48 0RF 45 m
CH48 0RQ 73 m
CH48 0RG 83 m
CH48 0RA 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH48 0RJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
1 September 2021
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH48
Postcode sector
CH48 0
Latitude
53.369247
Longitude
-3.183166
British National Grid easting
321,373
British National Grid northing
386,471

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
E00036466
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 026C · E01007198
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 026 · E02001492

Postcode source versions

Explore CH48

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
12
Secondary
3
  1. West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    442 m
  2. West Kirby School and College

    Non-maintained special school

    724 m
  3. Avalon School

    Other independent school

    861 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
525
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 182
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Public order 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Shoplifting 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
CH48 0 residents
1,213

Age bands in CH48 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

184 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

106 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

285 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

377 residents

Age 65 and over
30.2%

411 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH48 0 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    586 m

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    3.9 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    4.2 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

  • Shrewsbury Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.0 miles
  • Church Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.0 miles
  • Dunraven Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles
  • North Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.2 miles
  • Mostyn Avenue

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 026C, 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

19,956 of 33,755

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

17 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 442 m.

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

Recorded crime

525 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 182 events.

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