Schools
80 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 9 secondary schools. Fender Primary School is the nearest published school at 198 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L49 8EJ
Upton · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Upton
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Postcode district
- L49
- Postcode sector
- L49 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L49 8EJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L49
- Postcode sector
- L49 8
- Latitude
- 53.376730
- Longitude
- -3.085257
- British National Grid easting
- 327,900
- British National Grid northing
- 387,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Upton · E05000973
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Wirral West · E14001589
- Output area
- E00168423
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 025D · E01007303
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 025 · E02001491
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
- 80
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 9
- 198 m
Fender Primary School
Community school
- 198 m
Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre
Local authority nursery school
- 417 m
Meadowside School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,810
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 817
- Public order 213
- Anti social behaviour 201
- Criminal damage and arson 167
- Other theft 89
GP practices
24
within 5 km straight-line
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
602 m
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
982 m
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
1.7 km
PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE
516-518 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH43 0TS
ODS code N85643
1.7 km
WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE
THE WARRENS MEDICAL CENTRE, ARROWE PARK ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 5PL
ODS code N85008
2.0 km
GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE
GREASBY HEALTH CENTRE, GREASBY ROAD, GREASBY, WIRRAL, CH49 3AT
ODS code N85032
2.4 km
THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE
1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB
ODS code N85018
2.6 km
MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE
27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE
ODS code N85048
3.0 km
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
3.2 km
HOYLAKE RD MET CTR
314 HOYLAKE ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 6DE
ODS code N85046
3.3 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
3.3 km
MORETON GROUP PRACTICE
PASTURE ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, PASTURE ROAD, WIRRAL, CH46 8SA
ODS code N85028
3.4 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, 31 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85017
3.5 km
MIRIAM PRIMARY CARE GROUP
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85625
3.5 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
3.9 km
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
3.9 km
BLACKHEATH MED CTR
76 REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 1SG
ODS code N85648
4.2 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
4.3 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
4.3 km
LEASOWE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HUDSON ROAD, LEASOWE, WIRRAL, CH46 2QQ
ODS code N85640
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Selbourne Close
BCT · Woodchurch
- 0.1 miles
The Meadow
BCT · Woodchurch
- 0.1 miles
Ferny Brow Road
BCT · Woodchurch
- 0.1 miles
Orrets Meadow Road
BCT · Woodchurch
- 0.2 miles
Grasswood Road
BCT · Woodchurch
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 025D, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,373 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
1,810 published events cover 12 months, averaging 150.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 817 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.