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On Raffles Road, in Birkenhead South
What it's like at CH42 0HJ: every home that has sold on Raffles Road 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Raffles Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
11 of the 94 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 81, Raffles RoadTerraced | May 2007 | £58,500 | 85 m² | £688/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83, Raffles RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £116,000 | 81 m² | £1,432/m² | 4 |
| 85, Raffles RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £70,000 | 82 m² | £854/m² | 1 |
| 87, Raffles RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2000 | £29,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 89, Raffles RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £71,000 | 86 m² | £826/m² | 1 |
| 91, Raffles RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £102,000 | 84 m² | £1,214/m² | 2 |
| 95, Raffles RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £90,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 99, Raffles RoadTerraced | Jun 2023 | £127,000 | 89 m² | £1,427/m² | 2 |
| 101, Raffles RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £95,000 | 84 m² | £1,131/m² | 1 |
| 105, Raffles RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2020 | £72,500 | 84 m² | £863/m² | 2 |
| 107, Raffles RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £99,950 | 85 m² | £1,176/m² | 2 |
| 109, Raffles RoadTerraced | Dec 1995 | £26,000 | 89 m² | £292/m² | 1 |
| 111, Raffles RoadTerraced | Apr 2025 | £99,750 | 90 m² | £1,108/m² | 2 |
| 113, Raffles RoadSemi-detached | May 2014 | £60,000 | 75 m² | £800/m² | 1 |
| 115, Raffles RoadTerraced | Apr 2013 | £80,000 | 88 m² | £909/m² | 1 |
| 117, Raffles RoadTerraced | Jul 2002 | £49,995 | 139 m² | £360/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Birkenhead Central, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 644k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Whetstone Lane, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 38); 89 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
45% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 44% 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 (5.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (1.8 km) and Wirral Grammar School for Girls (3.8 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Thai Zone, 350 m away, with PSV Food and Wine closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whetstone Lane Med Ctr (250 m), with Jamieson'S Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Square One is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 4.9 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
YMCA Wirral is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Masonic Temple the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 162 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 21 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 67% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Mersey Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Europa Pools (900 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 6.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 50 km.
47 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beechcroft | II | 120 m |
| 70 72, WHETSTONE LANE (See details for further address information) | II | 130 m |
| 44, Clifton Road | II | 160 m |
| Gate Piers to Numbers 47 and 49 | II | 180 m |
| Numbers 140 and 142 with Railings, Wall and Gatepiers to Front | II | 180 m |
| 47 49, Clifton Road | II | 200 m |
| 144, Whetstone Lane | 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
22 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 CH42 0HJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Many neighbours rent: 39% of households rent privately and 22% socially.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 4.2 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 3 of 82 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.6% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.2% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Wirral since 2011.
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 94 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 53 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.