L47 5AU

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 5AX 88 m
CH47 5AU 89 m
CH47 5AR 94 m
CH47 5AY 128 m
CH47 5AT 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L47 5AU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L47
Postcode sector
L47 5
Latitude
53.401084
Longitude
-3.171609
British National Grid easting
322,200
British National Grid northing
390,000

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
E00036479
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 014C · E01007200
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
24
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    678 m
  2. Great Meols Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  3. Black Horse Hill Infant School

    Community school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
454
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 170
  • Shoplifting 73
  • Public order 54
  • Anti social behaviour 46
  • Other theft 23

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    1.1 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    3.0 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    3.7 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85028

    4.0 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    4.1 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    4.2 km

  • BLACKHEATH MED CTR

    76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG

    ODS code N85648

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Bertram Drive

    BCT · Sandhey

    0.2 miles
  • Bertram Drive

    BCT · Sandhey

    0.2 miles
  • Bertram Drive

    BCT · Meols

    0.3 miles
  • Bertram Drive

    BCT · Meols

    0.3 miles
  • Manor Road Interchange

    BCT · Hoylake

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 014C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,416 of 33,755

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

24 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 678 m.

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

Recorded crime

454 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 170 events.

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