CH48 6HH

West Kirby and Thurstaston · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH48 6DW 55 m
CH48 6DN 61 m
CH48 6DL 81 m
CH48 6DQ 82 m
CH48 6DG 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH48 6HH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 2000
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH48
Postcode sector
CH48 6
Latitude
53.377763
Longitude
-3.166459
British National Grid easting
322,500
British National Grid northing
387,400

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
E00036786
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 026D · E01007263
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
25
Primary
17
Secondary
4
  1. Black Horse Hill Infant School

    Community school

    252 m
  2. Black Horse Hill Junior School

    Academy converter

    252 m
  3. Hilbre High School

    Academy converter

    399 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
601
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 227
  • Anti social behaviour 102
  • Public order 60
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Shoplifting 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CH48 6 residents
2,179

Age bands in CH48 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

392 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

202 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

469 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

566 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

474 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    1.1 km

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    2.6 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    3.0 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    4.1 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    4.4 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85028

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Black Horse Close

    BCT · Newton

    0.1 miles
  • Black Horse Close

    BCT · Newton

    0.1 miles
  • Gilroy Road

    BCT · Newton

    0.1 miles
  • Abbots Way

    BCT · Newton

    0.2 miles
  • Wirral Mount

    BCT · Grange

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 026D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,066 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Black Horse Hill Infant School is the nearest published school at 252 m.

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

Recorded crime

601 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.083 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.