L18 1DW

Penny Lane · Liverpool · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Liverpool
Local authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Garston
Postcode district
L18
Postcode sector
L18 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L18 1DJ 58 m
L18 1DN 58 m
L18 1DH 65 m
L18 1DG 70 m
L18 1DD 80 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L18 1DW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L18
Postcode sector
L18 1
Latitude
53.386289
Longitude
-2.918831
British National Grid easting
338,985
British National Grid northing
388,108

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Liverpool · E08000012
Parish or community
E43000166
Westminster constituency
Liverpool Garston · E14001337
Output area
E00033367
Lower layer super output area
Liverpool 042E · E01006593
Middle layer super output area
Liverpool 042 · E02001388

Postcode source versions

Explore L18

24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Dovedale Baptist Church, Dovedale Road, Liverpool, L18 1DW 16 July 2020 £145,000
2, Dovedale Road, Liverpool, L18 1DW 23 June 2017 £181,000
20, Dovedale Road, Liverpool, L18 1DW 28 April 2017 £198,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
137
Primary
75
Secondary
24
  1. Dovedale Community Primary School

    Community school

    161 m
  2. St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    447 m
  3. Greenbank Primary School

    Community school

    553 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,957
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,191
  • Public order 330
  • Anti social behaviour 276
  • Criminal damage and arson 227
  • Vehicle crime 186

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
65

24 female, 41 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
4.3
L18 1 residents
6,112

Age bands in L18 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.7%

706 residents

Age 15 to 24
36.5%

2,211 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.1%

1,638 residents

Age 45 to 64
16.3%

984 residents

Age 65 and over
8.5%

516 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L18 1 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

51

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREENBANK ROAD SURGERY

    1B GREENBANK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L18 1HG

    ODS code N82079

    421 m

  • PENNY LANE SURGERY

    7 SMITHDOWN PLACE, WAVERTREE, LIVERPOOL, L15 9EH

    ODS code N82026

    432 m

  • BEACON HEALTH MOSSLEY HILL

    73 QUEENS DRIVE, MOSSLEY HILL, LIVERPOOL, L18 2DU

    ODS code N82107

    494 m

  • RUTHERFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 RUTHERFORD ROAD, MOSSLEY HILL, LIVERPOOL, L18 0HJ

    ODS code N82108

    723 m

  • GREENBANK DRIVE SURGERY

    8 GREENBANK DRIVE, SEFTON PARK, LIVERPOOL, L17 1AW

    ODS code N82059

    864 m

  • LANCE LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    19 LANCE LANE, LIVERPOOL, L15 6TS

    ODS code N82014

    1.2 km

  • SEFTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    SMITHDOWN ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L15 2LQ

    ODS code N82046

    1.3 km

  • STORRSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 STORRSDALE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L18 7JY

    ODS code N82039

    1.4 km

  • THE ASH SURGERY

    1 ASHFIELD ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L17 0BY

    ODS code N82073

    1.6 km

  • OAK VALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    215 CHILDWALL ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L15 6UT

    ODS code N82041

    1.8 km

  • DUNSTAN VILLAGE GROUP PRACTICE

    EARLE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE, 131 EARLE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L7 6HD

    ODS code N82662

    2.1 km

  • EARLE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    131 EARLE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L7 6HD

    ODS code N82065

    2.1 km

  • PICTON GREEN

    137 EARLE ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L7 6HD

    ODS code N82089

    2.1 km

  • FULWOOD GREEN MEDICAL CTR

    2A JERICHO LANE, LIVERPOOL, L17 5AR

    ODS code N82062

    2.3 km

  • BROWNLOW HEALTH @ PRINCES PARK

    PRINCES PARK HEALTH CENTRE, BENTLEY ROAD, TOXTETH, LIVERPOOL, L8 0SY

    ODS code N82076

    2.3 km

  • SANDRINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A AIGBURTH ROAD, AIGBURTH, LIVERPOOL, L17 4JP

    ODS code N82641

    2.3 km

  • GRASSENDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    23 DARBY ROAD, GRASSENDALE, LIVERPOOL, L19 9BP

    ODS code N82009

    2.5 km

  • ROCKY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    80 ROCKY LANE, CHILDWALL, LIVERPOOL, L16 1JD

    ODS code N82664

    2.6 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 THE ELMS, DINGLE, LIVERPOOL, L8 3SS

    ODS code N82070

    2.6 km

  • OLD SWAN HEALTH CENTRE

    OLD SWAN, CRYSTAL CLOSE, LIVERPOOL, L13 2GA

    ODS code N82074

    2.8 km

Showing 20 of 51 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Duddingston Avenue

    BCT · Mossley Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Elm Hall Drive

    BCT · Mossley Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Streatham Avenue

    BCT · Mossley Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Meredale Road

    BCT · Mossley Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Gorsedale Road

    BCT · Mossley Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Liverpool 042E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,691 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 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
0
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

Schools

137 open schools are in scope, including 75 primary and 24 secondary schools. Dovedale Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 161 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,957 published events cover 12 months, averaging 246.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,191 events.

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