Schools
76 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 10 secondary schools. Prenton Primary School is the nearest published school at 720 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L42 8LU
Prenton · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Prenton
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- L42
- Postcode sector
- L42 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L42 8LU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L42
- Postcode sector
- L42 8
- Latitude
- 53.363625
- Longitude
- -3.042846
- British National Grid easting
- 330,700
- British National Grid northing
- 385,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Prenton · E05000970
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Birkenhead · E14001091
- Output area
- E00036779
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 030D · E01007254
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 030 · E02001496
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
- 76
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 10
- 720 m
Prenton Primary School
Community school
- 923 m
Horizons Independent School
Other independent special school
- 1.3 km
Prenton High School for Girls
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,020
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 451
- Shoplifting 102
- Public order 99
- Criminal damage and arson 82
- Anti social behaviour 79
GP practices
23
within 5 km straight-line
THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE
1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB
ODS code N85018
602 m
PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE
516-518 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH43 0TS
ODS code N85643
1.5 km
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
1.6 km
TEEHEY LANE SURGERY
66 TEEHEY LANE, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 2JN
ODS code N85057
1.8 km
CHURCH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
25 BRACKENWOOD ROAD, HIGHER BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 2LR
ODS code N85633
2.0 km
KINGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE
25 BRACKENWOOD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH63 2LR
ODS code N85054
2.0 km
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
2.1 km
GLADSTONE MED CTR
241-243 OLD CHESTER ROAD, ROCK FERRY, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD
ODS code N85031
2.3 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
2.4 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
525 NEW CHESTER ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 2AG
ODS code N85016
2.6 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
2.8 km
SUNLIGHT GROUP PRACTICE
SEFTON ROAD, NEW FERRY, WIRRAL, CH62 5HS
ODS code N85051
2.9 km
CIVIC MEDICAL CENTRE
CIVIC WAY, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 7RX
ODS code N85006
2.9 km
WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE
THE WARRENS MEDICAL CENTRE, ARROWE PARK ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 5PL
ODS code N85008
3.3 km
SPITAL SURGERY
1 LANCELYN COURT PRECINCT, SPITAL ROAD, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 9JP
ODS code N85617
3.6 km
HAMILTON MED CTR
86 MARKET STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6AJ
ODS code N85021
3.6 km
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
3.7 km
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
3.7 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
3.7 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Golf Links Road
BCT · Prenton
- 0.3 miles
Osmaston Road
BCT · Prenton
- 0.3 miles
Prenton Dell Road
BCT · Prenton
- 0.3 miles
Prenton Dell Road
BCT · Prenton
- 0.4 miles
Reservoir Road North
BCT · Prenton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 030D, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,515 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
1,020 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 451 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.