Schools
85 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 9 secondary schools. The Observatory School is the nearest published school at 259 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L43 7QS
Bidston and St James · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bidston and St James
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- L43
- Postcode sector
- L43 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L43 7QS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L43
- Postcode sector
- L43 7
- Latitude
- 53.402889
- Longitude
- -3.075393
- British National Grid easting
- 328,600
- British National Grid northing
- 390,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Bidston and St James · E05000955
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Birkenhead · E14001091
- Output area
- E00036066
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 011A · E01007120
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 011 · E02001477
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 L43
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 85
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 9
- 259 m
The Observatory School
Community special school
- 504 m
Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 626 m
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,869
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 742
- Criminal damage and arson 209
- Shoplifting 207
- Anti social behaviour 182
- Public order 177
GP practices
30
within 5 km straight-line
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
1.7 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, 31 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85017
2.0 km
MIRIAM PRIMARY CARE GROUP
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85625
2.0 km
LEASOWE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HUDSON ROAD, LEASOWE, WIRRAL, CH46 2QQ
ODS code N85640
2.0 km
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
2.2 km
BLACKHEATH MED CTR
76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG
ODS code N85648
2.2 km
ST HILARY GROUP PRACTICE
BROADWAY, WALLASEY, CH45 3NA
ODS code N85025
2.3 km
MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE
27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE
ODS code N85048
2.3 km
SOMERVILLE MED CTR
69 GORSEY LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 4AA
ODS code N85024
2.4 km
MORETON GROUP PRACTICE
PASTURE ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, PASTURE ROAD, WIRRAL, CH46 8SA
ODS code N85028
2.4 km
CENTRAL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85027
2.4 km
LISCARD GROUP PRACTICE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL HC, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85616
2.4 km
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
2.6 km
HOYLAKE RD MET CTR
314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE
ODS code N85046
2.8 km
MANOR HEALTH CTR
LISCARD VILLAGE, WALLASEY, CH45 4JG
ODS code N85023
2.9 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
27 GROVE ROAD, WALLASEY, CH45 3HE
ODS code N85620
3.0 km
GROVE RD SURGERY
71 GROVE ROAD, WALLASEY, CH45 3HF
ODS code N85052
3.1 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
3.1 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
3.1 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
3.2 km
Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
School Lane
BCT · Bidston
- 0.2 miles
Eleanor Road
BCT · Bidston
- 0.2 miles
Bidston Village Road
BCT · Bidston
- 0.2 miles
Compton Road
BCT · Bidston
- 0.2 miles
Hurrell Road
BCT · Bidston
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 011A, 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
3,236 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
1,869 published events cover 12 months, averaging 155.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 742 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.