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L48 6DR

West Kirby and Thurstaston · Wirral · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
West Kirby and Thurstaston
Local authority
Wirral
Constituency
Wirral West
Postcode district
L48
Postcode sector
L48 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH48 6AB 164 m
CH48 6DR 170 m
CH48 6DQ 236 m
CH48 6DN 242 m
CH48 6DG 245 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L48 6DR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L48
Postcode sector
L48 6
Latitude
53.377807
Longitude
-3.161951
British National Grid easting
322,800
British National Grid northing
387,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wirral · E08000015
Electoral ward
West Kirby and Thurstaston · E05000975
Parish or community
E43000169
Westminster constituency
Wirral West · E14001589
Output area
E00036785
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 026D · E01007263
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
31
Primary
21
Secondary
4

  1. Black Horse Hill Infant School

    Community school

    59 m

  2. Black Horse Hill Junior School

    Academy converter

    59 m

  3. Hilbre High School

    Academy converter

    207 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
446
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 193
  • Anti social behaviour 68
  • Public order 43
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Burglary 26

GP practices

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    1.4 km

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    2.5 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    2.7 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    3.9 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    4.2 km

  • MORETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85028

    4.4 km

  • HEATHERLANDS MED CTR

    396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA

    ODS code N85037

    4.8 km

  • UPTON GROUP PRACTICE

    32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF

    ODS code N85013

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Wirral Mount

    BCT · Grange

    0.2 miles

  • Wirral Mount

    BCT · Grange

    0.2 miles

  • Wirral Mount

    BCT · Grange

    0.2 miles

  • Hilbre High School

    BCT · Newton

    0.2 miles

  • Black Horse Close

    BCT · Newton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 026D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,066 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Black Horse Hill Infant School is the nearest published school at 59 m.

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

Recorded crime

446 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 193 events.

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