Schools
74 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 11 secondary schools. Newfield School is the nearest published school at 790 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L23 1AW
Thornton & Hightown · Sefton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Thornton & Hightown
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Postcode district
- L23
- Postcode sector
- L23 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L23 1AW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 November 2025
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L23
- Postcode sector
- L23 1
- Latitude
- 53.499468
- Longitude
- -2.988588
- British National Grid easting
- 334,520
- British National Grid northing
- 400,761
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Sefton · E08000014
- Electoral ward
- Thornton & Hightown · E05016345
- Parish or community
- E04000035
- Westminster constituency
- Sefton Central · E14001463
- Output area
- E00035697
- Lower layer super output area
- Sefton 021F · E01007038
- Middle layer super output area
- Sefton 021 · E02001449
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore L23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 74
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 11
- 790 m
Newfield School
Community special school
- 793 m
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Pupil referral unit
- 940 m
St William of York Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,616
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 698
- Criminal damage and arson 163
- Public order 161
- Anti social behaviour 151
- Drugs 123
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- L23 1 residents
- 2,093
Age bands in L23 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 7.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 27.1%
307 residents
171 residents
472 residents
668 residents
601 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 0%
- 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
25
within 5 km
GREAT CROSBY AND THORNTON
THORNTON FAMILY HC, BRETLANDS ROAD, THORNTON, LIVERPOOL, L23 1TQ
ODS code N84621
664 m
NETHERTON SURGERY
NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, MAGDALEN SQUARE, BOOTLE, L30 5SP
ODS code N84630
1.6 km
GLOVERS LANE SURGERY
GLOVERS LANE, BOOTLE, L30 5TA
ODS code N84004
1.7 km
FORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
93 GORSEY LANE, FORD, LIVERPOOL, L21 0DF
ODS code N84029
2.1 km
LIVERPOOL RD MEDICAL PRACTICE
133 LIVERPOOL ROAD, CROSBY, LIVERPOOL, L23 5TE
ODS code N84007
2.7 km
42 KINGSWAY
KINGSWAY, WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL, L22 4RQ
ODS code N84001
2.9 km
KINGSWAY SURGERY
30 KINGSWAY, WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL, L22 4RQ
ODS code N84041
2.9 km
LITHERLAND PRACTICE
LITHERLAND TOWN HALL H/C, HATTON HILL ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L21 9JN
ODS code N84605
3.1 km
LITHERLAND PRIMARY CARE WALK-IN SERVICE
HATTON HILL ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L21 9JN
ODS code Y02514
3.1 km
EASTVIEW SURGERY
81-83 CROSBY ROAD NORTH, WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL, L22 4QD
ODS code N84011
3.2 km
15 SEFTON ROAD
DOCTORS SURGERY, 15 SEFTON ROAD, LITHERLAND, LIVERPOOL, L21 9HA
ODS code N84035
3.2 km
MAGHULL FAMILY SURGERY
MAGHULL HEALTH CENTRE, WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ
ODS code N84010
3.5 km
MAGHULL PRACTICE
MAGHULL HEALTH CENTRE, WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ
ODS code Y00446
3.5 km
WESTWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ
ODS code N84025
3.5 km
HIGH PASTURES SURGERY
138 LIVERPOOL ROAD NORTH, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 2HW
ODS code N84003
3.6 km
BRIDGE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
66-88 BRIDGE ROAD, LITHERLAND, LIVERPOOL, L21 6PH
ODS code N84023
3.7 km
RAWSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
138 RAWSON ROAD, SEAFORTH, LIVERPOOL, L21 1HP
ODS code N84615
3.8 km
BLUNDELLSANDS SURGERY
1 WARREN ROAD, BLUNDELLSANDS, LIVERPOOL, L23 6TZ
ODS code N84020
3.9 km
SEAFORTH VILLAGE SURGERY
20 SEAFORTH ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L21 3TA
ODS code N84043
3.9 km
AINTREE PARK GROUP PRACTICE
46 MOSS LANE, ORRELL PARK, LIVERPOOL, L9 8AL
ODS code N82053
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 25 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
- 0.2 miles
Lydiate Lane
BCT · Thornton
- 0.3 miles
Rakes Lane
BCT · Thornton
- 0.4 miles
Great Hey
BCT · Sefton
- 0.4 miles
Red Lomes
BCT · Sefton
- 0.5 miles
Higher End Park
BCT · Netherton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 021F, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,046 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
Recorded crime
1,616 published events cover 12 months, averaging 134.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 698 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.