L47 8YB

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 8XY 34 m
CH47 8XZ 41 m
CH47 8XP 63 m
CH47 8XN 76 m
CH47 7BT 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L47 8YB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1993
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L47
Postcode sector
L47 8
Latitude
53.400361
Longitude
-3.153540
British National Grid easting
323,400
British National Grid northing
389,900

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
E00036480
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 013A · E01007195
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 013 · E02001479

Postcode source versions

Explore L47

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
24
Secondary
4
  1. Great Meols Primary School

    Academy converter

    522 m
  2. Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Lingham Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
299
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 107
  • Shoplifting 48
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Public order 22
  • Other theft 21

GP practices

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    147 m

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    2.5 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85028

    2.8 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    2.9 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    3.3 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    3.5 km

  • BLACKHEATH MED CTR

    76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG

    ODS code N85648

    3.5 km

  • LEASOWE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HUDSON ROAD, LEASOWE, WIRRAL, CH46 2QQ

    ODS code N85640

    4.3 km

  • UPTON GROUP PRACTICE

    32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF

    ODS code N85013

    4.6 km

  • HEATHERLANDS MED CTR

    396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA

    ODS code N85037

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Meols Rail Station

    RLY · Meols

    0.1 miles
  • Meols Rail Station

    RSE · Meols

    0.1 miles
  • Meols Rail Station

    RSE · Meols

    0.1 miles
  • Meols Interchange

    BCT · Meols

    0.1 miles
  • Meols Interchange

    BCT · Meols

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 013A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,749 of 33,755

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

37 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. Great Meols Primary School is the nearest published school at 522 m.

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

Recorded crime

299 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 107 events.

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