L20 1BL

Bootle West · Sefton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Sefton
Constituency
Bootle
Postcode district
L20
Postcode sector
L20 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L20 1EP 24 m
L20 1BN 74 m
L20 1EE 124 m
L20 1DB 166 m
L20 8LH 167 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L20 1BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L20
Postcode sector
L20 1
Latitude
53.444417
Longitude
-3.002004
British National Grid easting
333,544
British National Grid northing
394,649

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Parish or community
E43000168
Westminster constituency
Bootle · E14001113
Output area
E00035520
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 037D · E01007009
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 037 · E02001465

Postcode source versions

Explore L20

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
104
Primary
66
Secondary
13
  1. Hugh Baird College

    Further education

    841 m
  2. All Saints Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km
  3. Cambridge Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,683
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,573
  • Public order 376
  • Drugs 334
  • Criminal damage and arson 284
  • Shoplifting 248

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
L20 1 residents
3

Age bands in L20 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.2%

70 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.8%

52 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.6%

91 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.8%

72 residents

Age 65 and over
13.6%

45 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.

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

53

within 5 km

  • BOOTLE VILLAGE SURGERY

    204 STANLEY ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 3EW

    ODS code N84015

    1.0 km

  • PARK STREET SURGERY

    PARK STREET, BOOTLE, L20 3DF

    ODS code N84034

    1.2 km

  • THE STRAND MEDICAL CENTRE

    272 MARSH LANE, BOOTLE, L20 5BW

    ODS code N84028

    1.2 km

  • CONCEPT HOUSE SURGERY

    17 MERTON ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 3BG

    ODS code N84038

    1.3 km

  • MOORE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    77 MOORE STREET, BOOTLE, L20 4SE

    ODS code N84016

    1.6 km

  • NORTH PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    290 KNOWSLEY ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 5DQ

    ODS code N84019

    1.6 km

  • WESTMINSTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    ALDAMS GROVE, LIVERPOOL, L4 3TT

    ODS code N82049

    1.6 km

  • AINTREE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 AINTREE ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 9DL

    ODS code N84002

    1.9 km

  • BOUSFIELD - ROBERTS

    BOUSFIELD SURGERY, WESTMINSTER ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L4 4PP

    ODS code N82078

    2.2 km

  • BOUSFIELD SURGERY - DR SHAH

    WESTMINSTER ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L4 4PP

    ODS code N82077

    2.2 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOUSFIELD HEALTH CENTRE, WESTMINISTER ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L4 4PP

    ODS code N82651

    2.2 km

  • KIRKDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    14 WALLER CLOSE, LIVERPOOL, L4 4QJ

    ODS code N82101

    2.2 km

  • THE GREY ROAD SURGERY

    3 RICE LANE, LIVERPOOL, L9 1AD

    ODS code N82097

    2.4 km

  • WALTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 RICE LANE, LIVERPOOL, L9 1AD

    ODS code N82048

    2.4 km

  • SEAFORTH VILLAGE SURGERY

    20 SEAFORTH ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L21 3TA

    ODS code N84043

    2.4 km

  • BRIDGE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    66-88 BRIDGE ROAD, LITHERLAND, LIVERPOOL, L21 6PH

    ODS code N84023

    2.6 km

  • WALTON VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 WALTON VILLAGE, LIVERPOOL, L4 6TW

    ODS code N82668

    2.8 km

  • RAWSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    138 RAWSON ROAD, SEAFORTH, LIVERPOOL, L21 1HP

    ODS code N84615

    2.9 km

  • 15 SEFTON ROAD

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 15 SEFTON ROAD, LITHERLAND, LIVERPOOL, L21 9HA

    ODS code N84035

    3.0 km

  • VAUXHALL HEALTH CENTRE

    LIMEKILN LANE, LIVERPOOL, L5 8XR

    ODS code N82115

    3.0 km

Showing 20 of 53 matching practices.

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Millers Bridge

    BCT · Bootle

    0.1 miles
  • Grimshaw Street

    BCT · Bootle

    0.2 miles
  • Pleasant Street

    BCT · Bootle

    0.2 miles
  • Derby Road

    BCT · Bootle

    0.2 miles
  • Liverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle

    FER · Bootle

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 037D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

800 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 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.

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
2
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

104 open schools are in scope, including 66 primary and 13 secondary schools. Hugh Baird College is the nearest published school at 841 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,683 published events cover 12 months, averaging 306.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,573 events.

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