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L48 5DH

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH47 4AH 44 m
CH47 4AW 58 m
CH48 5DR 164 m
CH48 5DS 168 m
CH47 4AS 176 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L48 5DH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L48
Postcode sector
L48 5
Latitude
53.382064
Longitude
-3.186122
British National Grid easting
321,200
British National Grid northing
387,900

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
E00036454
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 026A · E01007196
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
16
Primary
11
Secondary
3

  1. West Kirby Grammar School

    Academy converter

    452 m

  2. West Kirby Primary School

    Community school

    524 m

  3. West Kirby School and College

    Non-maintained special school

    720 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
665
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 256
  • Anti social behaviour 104
  • Public order 79
  • Shoplifting 66
  • Criminal damage and arson 49

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

    884 m

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    2.8 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Winnington Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • Winnington Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • Graham Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • Graham Road

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • Graham Road Grammar School

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 026A, 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

24,450 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Kirby Grammar School is the nearest published school at 452 m.

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

Recorded crime

665 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 256 events.

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