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On Whitfield Street, in Birkenhead South
What it's like at CH42 0LR: every home that has sold on Whitfield Street 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whitfield Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 18 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Apr 2015 | £76,000 | 94 m² | £809/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Jul 2025 | £58,000 | 106 m² | £547/m² | 1 |
| 7, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Sept 2006 | £89,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Apr 2003 | £50,000 | 83 m² | £602/m² | 1 |
| 11, Whitfield StreetTerraced | May 2017 | £65,000 | 86 m² | £756/m² | 2 |
| 12, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Mar 2000 | £25,000 | 90 m² | £278/m² | 1 |
| 13, Whitfield StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2025 | £90,000 | 88 m² | £1,023/m² | 2 |
| 15, Whitfield StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2008 | £61,000 | 89 m² | £685/m² | 2 |
| 16, Whitfield StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2004 | £45,000 | 106 m² | £425/m² | 1 |
| 17, Whitfield StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £68,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Sept 2019 | £71,000 | 90 m² | £789/m² | 3 |
| 19, Whitfield StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2018 | £100,000 | 102 m² | £980/m² | 1 |
| 21, Whitfield StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2018 | £100,000 | 102 m² | £980/m² | 1 |
| 22, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Aug 2002 | £42,500 | 89 m² | £478/m² | 2 |
| 23, Whitfield StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2018 | £100,000 | 102 m² | £980/m² | 1 |
| 27, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Feb 1995 | £20,000 | 89 m² | £225/m² | 1 |
| 35, Whitfield StreetTerraced | Aug 2024 | £95,000 | 86 m² | £1,105/m² | 1 |
| 37, Whitfield StreetTerraced | May 2023 | £50,000 | 87 m² | £575/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Green Lane, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 375k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool James Street.
The nearest bus stop is Whitfield Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 487); 23 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
45% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Mersey Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 83% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Birkenhead Park School, 1.4 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 Co-op Tranmere Court, 150 m away; MP Food and Wine (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Catherine'S Surgery (200 m), with Tranmere Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Barbers is 500 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.
Cafe 39 is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Imperial the nearest pub (100 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, 500 m away; for exercise, Prenton Park Recreation Centre (1.1 km).
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.
40 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%.
26 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 0LR →
On this street: 1 of 16 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Many neighbours rent: 39% of households rent privately and 22% socially.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 4.3 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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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 18 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.