Schools
99 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 14 secondary schools. Utopia is the nearest published school at 366 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L42 2BS
Rock Ferry · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Rock Ferry
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- L42
- Postcode sector
- L42 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L42 2BS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L42
- Postcode sector
- L42 2
- Latitude
- 53.371960
- Longitude
- -3.014492
- British National Grid easting
- 332,600
- British National Grid northing
- 386,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Rock Ferry · E05000971
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Birkenhead · E14001091
- Output area
- E00036943
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 027D · E01007295
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 027 · E02001493
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 L42
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 99
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 14
- 366 m
Utopia
Other independent special school
- 371 m
Rock Ferry Primary School
Academy converter
- 478 m
Well Lane Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,503
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,618
- Criminal damage and arson 349
- Public order 337
- Anti social behaviour 244
- Drugs 216
GP practices
30
within 5 km straight-line
GLADSTONE MED CTR
241-243 OLD CHESTER ROAD, ROCK FERRY, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD
ODS code N85031
402 m
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
525 NEW CHESTER ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 2AG
ODS code N85016
552 m
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
1.2 km
SUNLIGHT GROUP PRACTICE
SEFTON ROAD, NEW FERRY, WIRRAL, CH62 5HS
ODS code N85051
1.4 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
2.0 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
2.1 km
TEEHEY LANE SURGERY
66 TEEHEY LANE, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 2JN
ODS code N85057
2.2 km
HAMILTON MED CTR
86 MARKET STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6AJ
ODS code N85021
2.4 km
CIVIC MEDICAL CENTRE
CIVIC WAY, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 7RX
ODS code N85006
2.5 km
CHURCH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
25 BRACKENWOOD ROAD, HIGHER BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 2LR
ODS code N85633
2.5 km
KINGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE
25 BRACKENWOOD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH63 2LR
ODS code N85054
2.5 km
THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE
1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB
ODS code N85018
2.6 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
2.9 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
2.9 km
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
3.1 km
PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE
516-518 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH43 0TS
ODS code N85643
3.1 km
DINGLE PARK PRACTICE
PARK STREET, TOXTETH, LIVERPOOL, L8 6QP
ODS code N82033
3.2 km
DR JUDE'S PRACTICE - RIVERSIDE
RIVERSIDE CENTRE FOR HEALTH, PARK STREET, LIVERPOOL, L8 6QP
ODS code N82646
3.2 km
GP PRACTICE RIVERSIDE (DR JUDE)
RIVERSIDE CTR FOR HEALTH, PARK STREET, LIVERPOOL, L8 6QP
ODS code N82091
3.2 km
SPITAL SURGERY
1 LANCELYN COURT PRECINCT, SPITAL ROAD, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 9JP
ODS code N85617
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Rockville Street
BCT · Rock Ferry
- 0.1 miles
Grove Road
BCT · Rock Ferry
- 0.1 miles
Bedford Road
BCT · Rock Ferry
- 0.1 miles
Byrne Avenue
BCT · Egerton Park
- 0.1 miles
Old Chester Road
BCT · Egerton Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 027D, 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
3,226 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
3,503 published events cover 12 months, averaging 291.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,618 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.