Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 10 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Portland is the nearest published school at 364 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L43 7XD
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 7XD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L43
- Postcode sector
- L43 7
- Latitude
- 53.400340
- Longitude
- -3.058784
- British National Grid easting
- 329,700
- British National Grid northing
- 389,800
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
- E00036078
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 011C · E01007122
- 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
- 88
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 10
- 364 m
Co-op Academy Portland
Academy sponsor led
- 412 m
Wirral Hospitals' School
Academy alternative provision converter
- 463 m
Bidston Avenue Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,570
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,070
- Public order 274
- Criminal damage and arson 256
- Shoplifting 207
- Anti social behaviour 202
GP practices
32
within 5 km straight-line
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
616 m
CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, 31 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85017
846 m
MIRIAM PRIMARY CARE GROUP
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85625
846 m
SOMERVILLE MED CTR
69 GORSEY LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 4AA
ODS code N85024
1.6 km
CENTRAL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85027
1.9 km
LISCARD GROUP PRACTICE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL HC, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85616
1.9 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
2.0 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
2.0 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
2.2 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
2.4 km
ST HILARY GROUP PRACTICE
BROADWAY, WALLASEY, CH45 3NA
ODS code N85025
2.4 km
MANOR HEALTH CTR
LISCARD VILLAGE, WALLASEY, CH45 4JG
ODS code N85023
2.5 km
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
2.7 km
HAMILTON MED CTR
86 MARKET STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6AJ
ODS code N85021
2.8 km
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
2.9 km
EGREMONT MED CTR
9 KING STREET, WALLASEY, CH44 8AT
ODS code N85629
2.9 km
LEASOWE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HUDSON ROAD, LEASOWE, WIRRAL, CH46 2QQ
ODS code N85640
3.0 km
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
3.1 km
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
3.1 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
27 GROVE ROAD, WALLASEY, CH45 3HE
ODS code N85620
3.2 km
Showing 20 of 32 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St James Road
BCT · Birkenhead
- 0.1 miles
Arkle Road
BCT · Birkenhead
- 0.1 miles
Lansdowne Road
BCT · Birkenhead
- 0.1 miles
Arkle Road
BCT · Birkenhead
- 0.1 miles
Miriam Place
BCT · Birkenhead
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 011C, 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
78 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
2,570 published events cover 12 months, averaging 214.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,070 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.