Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 9 secondary schools. Gilbrook School is the nearest published school at 496 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L49 0UQ
Pensby and Thingwall · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Pensby and Thingwall
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Postcode district
- L49
- Postcode sector
- L49 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L49 0UQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L49
- Postcode sector
- L49 0
- Latitude
- 53.375708
- Longitude
- -3.098759
- British National Grid easting
- 327,000
- British National Grid northing
- 387,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Pensby and Thingwall · E05000969
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Wirral West · E14001589
- Output area
- E00036743
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 034B · E01007255
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 034 · E02001500
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore L49
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 46
- Secondary
- 9
- 496 m
Gilbrook School
Community special school
- 648 m
Meadowside School
Community special school
- 726 m
Woodchurch CofE Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,565
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 714
- Public order 175
- Anti social behaviour 169
- Criminal damage and arson 143
- Other theft 86
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
889 m
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
1.2 km
GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE
GREASBY HEALTH CENTRE, GREASBY ROAD, GREASBY, WIRRAL, CH49 3AT
ODS code N85032
1.5 km
WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE
THE WARRENS MEDICAL CENTRE, ARROWE PARK ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 5PL
ODS code N85008
1.9 km
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
2.6 km
PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE
516-518 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH43 0TS
ODS code N85643
2.6 km
MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE
27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE
ODS code N85048
2.7 km
HOYLAKE RD MET CTR
314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE
ODS code N85046
2.9 km
MORETON GROUP PRACTICE
PASTURE ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, PASTURE ROAD, WIRRAL, CH46 8SA
ODS code N85028
3.2 km
THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE
1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB
ODS code N85018
3.4 km
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
3.9 km
BLACKHEATH MED CTR
76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG
ODS code N85648
4.1 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
4.2 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, 31 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85017
4.3 km
MIRIAM PRIMARY CARE GROUP
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85625
4.3 km
LEASOWE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HUDSON ROAD, LEASOWE, WIRRAL, CH46 2QQ
ODS code N85640
4.6 km
HOYLAKE & MEOLS MEDICAL CTR
WARWICK HOUSE, STATION APPROACH, MEOLS, WIRRAL, CH47 8XA
ODS code N85059
4.6 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
4.8 km
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Arrowe Park Road
BCT · Arrowe Park
- 0.1 miles
Arrowe Brook Road
BCT · Arrowe Hill
- 0.1 miles
Arrowe Brook Road
BCT · Arrowe Park
- 0.1 miles
Arrowe Commerical Park
BCT · Arrowe Hill
- 0.2 miles
Atholl Duncan Drive
BCT · Arrowe Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 034B, 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
23,759 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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
Recorded crime
1,565 published events cover 12 months, averaging 130.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 714 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.