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L48 7HU

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH48 7EB 25 m
CH48 7ED 52 m
CH48 6EA 102 m
CH48 8AE 105 m
CH48 7EJ 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L48 7HU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L48
Postcode sector
L48 7
Latitude
53.372356
Longitude
-3.167815
British National Grid easting
322,400
British National Grid northing
386,800

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
E00036796
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 028B · E01007260
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 028 · E02001494

Postcode source versions

Explore L48

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
17
Secondary
5

  1. Hilbre High School

    Academy converter

    596 m

  2. Calday Grange Grammar School

    Academy converter

    631 m

  3. Black Horse Hill Infant School

    Community school

    667 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
606
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 220
  • Anti social behaviour 108
  • Public order 63
  • Criminal damage and arson 48
  • Shoplifting 41

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    983 m

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    3.1 km

  • HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code N85059

    3.2 km

  • HOYLAKE RD MET CTR

    314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE

    ODS code N85046

    4.5 km

  • MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE

    ODS code N85048

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Black Horse Hill

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • Black Horse Hill

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.1 miles

  • Beacon Drive

    BCT · Grange

    0.1 miles

  • Beacon Drive

    BCT · Grange

    0.1 miles

  • Black Horse Hill

    BCT · West Kirby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 028B, 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

31,355 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 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
10 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 5 secondary schools. Hilbre High School is the nearest published school at 596 m.

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

Recorded crime

606 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 220 events.

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