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L61 8RY

Pensby and Thingwall · Wirral · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Pensby and Thingwall
Local authority
Wirral
Constituency
Wirral West
Postcode district
L61
Postcode sector
L61 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH61 8RZ 29 m
CH61 8RY 52 m
CH61 8RP 86 m
CH61 9PZ 90 m
CH61 8RR 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L61 8RY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L61
Postcode sector
L61 8
Latitude
53.350516
Longitude
-3.101116
British National Grid easting
326,800
British National Grid northing
384,300

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
E00036914
Lower layer super output area
Wirral 033D · E01007287
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
42
Primary
28
Secondary
6

  1. Thingwall Primary School

    Academy converter

    846 m

  2. Pensby Primary School

    Community school

    953 m

  3. Ladymount Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
498
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 256
  • Criminal damage and arson 45
  • Other theft 44
  • Public order 36
  • Anti social behaviour 29

GP practices

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85008

    1.2 km

  • MYRTLE GROUP PRACTICE

    270 TELEGRAPH ROAD, HESWALL, WIRRAL, CH60 7RN

    ODS code N85007

    2.2 km

  • GREASBY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N85032

    3.3 km

  • PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N85643

    3.5 km

  • HEATHERLANDS MED CTR

    396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA

    ODS code N85037

    3.5 km

  • THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE

    1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB

    ODS code N85018

    3.6 km

  • HOLMLANDS MED CTR

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

    ODS code N85022

    3.7 km

  • UPTON GROUP PRACTICE

    32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF

    ODS code N85013

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Ridgewood Drive

    BCT · Pensby

    0.2 miles

  • Ridgewood Drive

    BCT · Pensby

    0.2 miles

  • Cornelius Drive

    BCT · Thingwall

    0.2 miles

  • Wimborne Avenue

    BCT · Thingwall

    0.2 miles

  • Anderson Close

    BCT · Irby Heath

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 033D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,952 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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

42 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 6 secondary schools. Thingwall Primary School is the nearest published school at 846 m.

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

Recorded crime

498 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 256 events.

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