L47 4BU

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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 4BG 65 m
CH47 4AZ 75 m
CH47 4BQ 141 m
CH47 4AX 142 m
CH47 4BB 149 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L47 4BU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L47
Postcode sector
L47 4
Latitude
53.390271
Longitude
-3.174320
British National Grid easting
322,000
British National Grid northing
388,800

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
E00036451
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014E · E01007202
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 014 · E02001480

Postcode source versions

Explore L47

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    547 m
  2. West Kirby Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  3. West Kirby Grammar School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
499
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 209
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 58
  • Anti social behaviour 52
  • Criminal damage and arson 30

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    1.6 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    1.8 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    3.8 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    4.0 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    4.4 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

    PASTURE ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, PASTURE ROAD, WIRRAL, CH46 8SA

    ODS code N85028

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Edward Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Carr Lane

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Carr Lane

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.1 miles
  • Albert Road

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.2 miles
  • Hoylake Rail Station

    RLY · Hoylake

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 014E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,541 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
4 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 547 m.

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

Recorded crime

499 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 209 events.

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