Schools
100 open schools are in scope, including 63 primary and 14 secondary schools. Birkenhead School is the nearest published school at 498 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L43 9TS
Oxton · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Oxton
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- L43
- Postcode sector
- L43 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L43 9TS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L43
- Postcode sector
- L43 9
- Latitude
- 53.382339
- Longitude
- -3.061345
- British National Grid easting
- 329,500
- British National Grid northing
- 387,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Oxton · E05000968
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Birkenhead · E14001091
- Output area
- E00036698
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 020D · E01007241
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 020 · E02001486
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
- 100
- Primary
- 63
- Secondary
- 14
- 498 m
Birkenhead School
Other independent school
- 595 m
Townfield Primary School
Academy converter
- 820 m
Ridgeway High School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,694
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 761
- Public order 170
- Anti social behaviour 154
- Criminal damage and arson 135
- Shoplifting 106
GP practices
33
within 5 km straight-line
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
1.1 km
PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE
516-518 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH43 0TS
ODS code N85643
1.3 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
1.6 km
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
1.7 km
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
1.9 km
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
1.9 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
THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE
1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB
ODS code N85018
2.1 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
2.2 km
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
2.3 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
2.6 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
2.6 km
HAMILTON MED CTR
86 MARKET STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6AJ
ODS code N85021
3.1 km
GLADSTONE MED CTR
241-243 OLD CHESTER ROAD, ROCK FERRY, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD
ODS code N85031
3.2 km
WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE
THE WARRENS MEDICAL CENTRE, ARROWE PARK ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 5PL
ODS code N85008
3.3 km
SOMERVILLE MED CTR
69 GORSEY LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 4AA
ODS code N85024
3.3 km
MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE
27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE
ODS code N85048
3.7 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
525 NEW CHESTER ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 2AG
ODS code N85016
3.8 km
CENTRAL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85027
3.9 km
Showing 20 of 33 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Wexford Road
BCT · Oxton
- 0.2 miles
Wexford Road
BCT · Oxton
- 0.3 miles
Flatt Lane
BCT · Oxton
- 0.3 miles
Flatt Lane
BCT · Oxton
- 0.3 miles
Westminster Court
BCT · Oxton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 020D, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,251 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
1,694 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 761 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.