L47 1HR

Hoylake and Meols · Wirral · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wirral
Constituency
Wirral West
Postcode district
L47
Postcode sector
L47 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 1HR 23 m
CH47 1HS 62 m
CH47 1JL 88 m
CH47 1HY 115 m
CH47 1HT 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L47 1HR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L47
Postcode sector
L47 1
Latitude
53.389193
Longitude
-3.192334
British National Grid easting
320,800
British National Grid northing
388,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wirral · E08000015
Parish or community
E43000169
Westminster constituency
Wirral West · E14001589
Output area
E00036452
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014A · E01007193
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 014 · E02001480

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
7
Secondary
3
  1. West Kirby Grammar School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km
  2. West Kirby Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  3. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
382
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 148
  • Shoplifting 58
  • Public order 50
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 24

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MARINE LAKE HEALTH & WELLBEING CTR, ORRYSDALE ROAD, WEST KIRBY, WIRRAL, CH48 5AA

    ODS code N85002

    1.8 km

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

    WARWICK HOUSE, STATION APPROACH, MEOLS, WIRRAL, CH47 8XA

    ODS code N85059

    2.7 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

    GREASBY HEALTH CENTRE, GREASBY ROAD, GREASBY, WIRRAL, CH49 3AT

    ODS code N85032

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Morpeth Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.4 miles
  • Morpeth Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.4 miles
  • Winnington Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.5 miles
  • Hoylake Rail Station

    RSE · Hoylake

    0.5 miles
  • Hoylake Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 014A, 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

24,369 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Kirby Grammar School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

382 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 148 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.