Schools
94 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 12 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Hillside is the nearest published school at 491 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L43 9WS
Claughton · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Claughton
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- L43
- Postcode sector
- L43 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L43 9WS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L43
- Postcode sector
- L43 9
- Latitude
- 53.384982
- Longitude
- -3.067424
- British National Grid easting
- 329,100
- British National Grid northing
- 388,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Claughton · E05000959
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Birkenhead · E14001091
- Output area
- E00036256
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 015E · E01007159
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 015 · E02001481
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
- 94
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 12
- 491 m
Co-op Academy Hillside
Academy converter
- 646 m
Ridgeway High School
Foundation school
- 804 m
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,479
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 678
- Criminal damage and arson 144
- Anti social behaviour 142
- Public order 131
- Shoplifting 80
GP practices
34
within 5 km straight-line
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
1.4 km
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
1.5 km
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
1.5 km
PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE
516-518 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH43 0TS
ODS code N85643
1.6 km
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
1.7 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
2.0 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
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
2.5 km
THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE
1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB
ODS code N85018
2.5 km
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
2.8 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
2.8 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
2.8 km
MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE
27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE
ODS code N85048
3.2 km
SOMERVILLE MED CTR
69 GORSEY LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 4AA
ODS code N85024
3.3 km
WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE
THE WARRENS MEDICAL CENTRE, ARROWE PARK ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 5PL
ODS code N85008
3.3 km
HAMILTON MED CTR
86 MARKET STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6AJ
ODS code N85021
3.4 km
MORETON GROUP PRACTICE
PASTURE ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, PASTURE ROAD, WIRRAL, CH46 8SA
ODS code N85028
3.6 km
HOYLAKE RD MET CTR
314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE
ODS code N85046
3.6 km
GLADSTONE MED CTR
241-243 OLD CHESTER ROAD, ROCK FERRY, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD
ODS code N85031
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 34 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Moorfields Avenue
BCT · Noctorum
- 0.4 miles
Moorfields Avenue
BCT · Noctorum
- 0.4 miles
Howbeck Road
BCT · Oxton
- 0.4 miles
Howbeck Road
BCT · Oxton
- 0.4 miles
Blaydon Walk
BCT · Oxton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 015E, 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
25,331 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
1,479 published events cover 12 months, averaging 123.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 678 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.