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On The Woodlands, in Birkenhead Central
What it's like at CH41 2SJ: every home that has sold on The Woodlands since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Woodlands; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
10 of the 62 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 37, The WoodlandsSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £45,000 | 44 m² | £1,023/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39, The WoodlandsTerraced | Oct 2016 | £73,000 | 59 m² | £1,237/m² | 1 |
| 41, The WoodlandsTerraced | Aug 2008 | £65,000 | 107 m² | £607/m² | 2 |
| 42a, The WoodlandsTerraced | Oct 2016 | £68,000 | 96 m² | £708/m² | 2 |
| 43, The WoodlandsTerraced | Dec 2006 | £110,000 | 141 m² | £780/m² | 3 |
| 43a, The WoodlandsDetached | Oct 2025 | £115,000 | 120 m² | £958/m² | 2 |
| 45, The WoodlandsTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £153,000 | 179 m² | £855/m² | 3 |
| 46, The WoodlandsTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £107,500 | 128 m² | £840/m² | 4 |
| 47, The WoodlandsTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2016 | £87,000 | 60 m² | £1,450/m² | 1 |
| 48, The WoodlandsTerraced | Jun 2012 | £110,000 | 177 m² | £621/m² | 1 |
| 48a, The WoodlandsTerraced | Nov 2010 | £120,000 | 183 m² | £656/m² | 2 |
| 50, The WoodlandsTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2016 | £120,000 | 180 m² | £667/m² | 4 |
| 50a, The WoodlandsSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £205,000 | 133 m² | £1,541/m² | 2 |
| 51, The WoodlandsSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2005 | £20,000 | 66 m² | £303/m² | 1 |
| 53, The WoodlandsOther · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £605,000 | 58 m² | £10,431/m² | 5 |
| 55, The WoodlandsOther · company-owned | Jan 2018 | £2,129,263 | 61 m² | £34,906/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Birkenhead Central, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 644k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Whetstone Lane, 200 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 471, 472, 41, 38); 127 departures an hour from the 18 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
60% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Woodlands Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 53% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Birkenhead Park School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 39.9 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (5.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (1.6 km) and Upton Hall School FCJ (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is OneBeyond, 150 m away; Card Factory (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whetstone Lane Med Ctr (250 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Goodfellas is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 4.4 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 81 restaurants and cafés and 26 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Noodle Bar is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Garrick Snug the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (40 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 432 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 80 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 48% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 149 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Mersey Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Europa Pools (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 5.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
44 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 53 55, the Woodlands | II | 30 m |
| 57 59, the Woodlands | II | 50 m |
| 8, Lowwood Grove | II | 70 m |
| Fearnley | II | 70 m |
| 12, Lowwood Road | II | 70 m |
| 8, Lowwood Road | II | 130 m |
| 24, Clifton Road | II | 170 m |
| 10 Clifton Road and 72 The Woodlands | II | 180 m |
| 30 32, Clifton Road | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Birkenhead constituency: Alison McGovern MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,798 (32.0%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Green Party 20%, Reform UK 14%, Conservative 8%.
24 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CH41 2SJ →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 3.9 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 51 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 13 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 72.4% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 26.9% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 62 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 55 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 46 min
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