L61 1BP

Pensby and Thingwall · Wirral · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wirral
Constituency
Wirral West
Postcode district
L61
Postcode sector
L61 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH61 7XG 37 m
CH61 7XE 44 m
CH61 7YQ 57 m
CH61 7XB 74 m
CH61 1BB 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L61 1BP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L61
Postcode sector
L61 1
Latitude
53.354249
Longitude
-3.086188
British National Grid easting
327,800
British National Grid northing
384,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wirral · E08000015
Parish or community
E43000169
Westminster constituency
Wirral West · E14001589
Output area
E00036750
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 034B · E01007255
Middle layer super output area
Wirral 034 · E02001500

Postcode source versions

Explore L61

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
59
Primary
38
Secondary
10
  1. Thingwall Primary School

    Academy converter

    503 m
  2. Stanley School

    Community special school

    1.6 km
  3. Pensby Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
269
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 136
  • Other theft 27
  • Public order 24
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Burglary 19

GP practices

13

within 5 km straight-line

  • WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85008

    635 m

  • PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE

    516-518 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH43 0TS

    ODS code N85643

    2.5 km

  • THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE

    1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB

    ODS code N85018

    2.5 km

  • HOLMLANDS MED CTR

    16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX

    ODS code N85022

    2.7 km

  • MYRTLE GROUP PRACTICE

    270 TELEGRAPH ROAD, HESWALL, WIRRAL, CH60 7RN

    ODS code N85007

    2.9 km

  • HEATHERLANDS MED CTR

    396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA

    ODS code N85037

    3.0 km

  • UPTON GROUP PRACTICE

    32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF

    ODS code N85013

    3.4 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    3.5 km

  • CHURCH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    25 BRACKENWOOD ROAD, HIGHER BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 2LR

    ODS code N85633

    4.2 km

  • KINGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    25 BRACKENWOOD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH63 2LR

    ODS code N85054

    4.2 km

  • TEEHEY LANE SURGERY

    66 TEEHEY LANE, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 2JN

    ODS code N85057

    4.2 km

  • DEVANEY MED CTR

    40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE

    ODS code N85015

    4.7 km

  • ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY

    ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ

    ODS code N85020

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Sparks Lane

    BCT · Thingwall

    0.1 miles
  • Lower Thingwall Lane

    BCT · Thingwall

    0.1 miles
  • Thingwall Grange

    BCT · Thingwall

    0.1 miles
  • Beaumauris Drive

    BCT · Thingwall

    0.2 miles
  • Penrhyn Avenue

    BCT · Thingwall

    0.3 miles

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

Schools

59 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 10 secondary schools. Thingwall Primary School is the nearest published school at 503 m.

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

Recorded crime

269 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 136 events.

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