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On Hamilton Square, in Birkenhead Central
What it's like at CH41 6AU: every home that has sold on Hamilton Square 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Hamilton Square; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
24 of the 151 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Hamilton SquareOther | Mar 2022 | £335,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 3, 2, Hamilton SquareFlat | Apr 2016 | £94,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 4, 2, Hamilton SquareFlat | Mar 2016 | £94,500 | 69 m² | £1,370/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 5, 2, Hamilton SquareFlat | Mar 2016 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Hamilton SquareOther · company-owned | Oct 2019 | £442,308 | 62 m² | £7,134/m² | 3 |
| 6, Hamilton SquareOther | Oct 2019 | £1,650,000 | 72 m² | £22,917/m² | 2 |
| 6b, Hamilton SquareFlat | May 2008 | £140,000 | 53 m² | £2,642/m² | 1 |
| 7a, Hamilton SquareFlat | Oct 2007 | £178,000 | 71 m² | £2,507/m² | 1 |
| 7b, Hamilton SquareFlat | Mar 2024 | £107,000 | 56 m² | £1,911/m² | 2 |
| 7c, Hamilton SquareFlat | Feb 2026 | £130,000 | 69 m² | £1,884/m² | 2 |
| 7d, Hamilton SquareFlat | Apr 2024 | £120,000 | 91 m² | £1,319/m² | 1 |
| 7e, Hamilton SquareFlat | Nov 2021 | £100,000 | 68 m² | £1,471/m² | 3 |
| 8, Hamilton SquareFlat · company-owned | May 2015 | £93,000 | 78 m² | £1,192/m² | 2 |
| First Floor Flat, 8, Hamilton SquareFlat | Jun 2018 | £93,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 8, Hamilton SquareFlat | Nov 2009 | £65,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Third Floor Flat, 8, Hamilton SquareFlat | Jun 2017 | £92,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 8, Hamilton SquareFlat | Jul 2020 | £90,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Hamilton SquareTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2007 | £300,000 | 76 m² | £3,947/m² | 1 |
| 10, Hamilton SquareFlat · company-owned | Jan 2004 | £200,000 | 76 m² | £2,632/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, 10, Hamilton SquareFlat | Dec 2006 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, 10, Hamilton SquareFlat | May 2007 | £170,000 | 64 m² | £2,656/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 10, Hamilton SquareFlat · company-owned | May 2022 | £83,000 | 91 m² | £912/m² | 2 |
| Second Floor Flat, 10, Hamilton SquareFlat | Oct 2014 | £98,500 | – | – | 2 |
| First Floor Flat, 10, Hamilton SquareFlat | Jul 2019 | £94,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Birkenhead Hamilton Square, a few minutes' walk (100 m), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Hamilton Square Station, 100 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 410, 413, 41, 811); 83 departures an hour from the 15 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 Cathcart Street Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 26% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Birkenhead Park School, 1.7 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 Hong Wang, 500 m away, with M to Go closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hamilton Med Ctr (300 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Styled is 50 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.
Samuel’s Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Gallaghers the nearest pub (150 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 Birkenhead Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Europa Pools (650 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 5.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
34 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.
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%.
17 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 6AU →
On this street: 0 of 101 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 78 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.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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, 3.0 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.
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Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 55 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 46 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 151 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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