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L48 0RQ

Hoylake and Meols · Wirral · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Hoylake and Meols
Local authority
Wirral
Constituency
Wirral West
Postcode district
L48
Postcode sector
L48 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH48 0RG 56 m
CH48 0RQ 58 m
CH48 4DH 61 m
CH48 0RN 89 m
CH48 4DS 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L48 0RQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L48
Postcode sector
L48 0
Latitude
53.369527
Longitude
-3.181264
British National Grid easting
321,500
British National Grid northing
386,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wirral · E08000015
Electoral ward
Hoylake and Meols · E05000963
Parish or community
E43000169
Westminster constituency
Wirral West · E14001589
Output area
E00036466
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 026C · E01007198
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 026 · E02001492

Postcode source versions

Explore L48

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
12
Secondary
3

  1. West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    338 m

  2. West Kirby School and College

    Non-maintained special school

    731 m

  3. Avalon School

    Other independent school

    788 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
551
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 196
  • Anti social behaviour 100
  • Public order 60
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Shoplifting 41

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

    554 m

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    3.8 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Church Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • Shrewsbury Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • Dunraven Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • North Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.2 miles

  • Mostyn Avenue

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 026C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,956 of 33,755

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

17 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 338 m.

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

Recorded crime

551 published events cover 12 months, averaging 45.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 196 events.

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