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L61 0HW

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
L61
Postcode sector
L61 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH61 0HW 63 m
CH61 0HL 198 m
CH61 0HJ 225 m
CH61 0HR 241 m
CH61 0HQ 278 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L61 0HW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L61
Postcode sector
L61 0
Latitude
53.348437
Longitude
-3.131107
British National Grid easting
324,800
British National Grid northing
384,100

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
E00036889
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 033B · E01007284
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 033 · E02001499

Postcode source versions

Explore L61

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
21
Secondary
6

  1. Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    637 m

  2. Pensby High School

    Foundation school

    1.3 km

  3. Irby Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
177
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 76
  • Criminal damage and arson 23
  • Other theft 18
  • Anti social behaviour 15
  • Other crime 11

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • MYRTLE GROUP PRACTICE

    270 TELEGRAPH ROAD, HESWALL, WIRRAL, CH60 7RN

    ODS code N85007

    2.8 km

  • WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE

    THE WARRENS MEDICAL CENTRE, ARROWE PARK ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 5PL

    ODS code N85008

    2.9 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    3.3 km

  • MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85002

    4.5 km

  • HEATHERLANDS MED CTR

    396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA

    ODS code N85037

    4.6 km

  • UPTON GROUP PRACTICE

    32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF

    ODS code N85013

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Thurstaston Road

    BCT · Thurstaston

    0.1 miles

  • Thurstaston Cross

    BCT · Thurstaston

    0.1 miles

  • Telegraph Road

    BCT · Dawpool

    0.2 miles

  • Telegraph Road

    BCT · Dawpool

    0.2 miles

  • School Lane

    BCT · Dawpool

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 033B, 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

30,904 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 6 secondary schools. Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 637 m.

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

Recorded crime

177 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 76 events.

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