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On Mersey Lane South, in Tranmere
What it's like at CH42 1QQ: every home that has sold on Mersey Lane South 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.
Sales and extensions on Mersey Lane South; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 23 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthTerraced | Jan 2024 | £357,000 | 202 m² | £1,767/m² | 3 |
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| 2, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthFlat | Aug 2025 | £197,500 | 120 m² | £1,646/m² | 3 |
| 3, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthFlat | Mar 2021 | £175,000 | 122 m² | £1,434/m² | 2 |
| 4, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthTerraced | Apr 2026 | £272,500 | 116 m² | £2,349/m² | 3 |
| 5, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthTerraced | Mar 2019 | £255,000 | 145 m² | £1,759/m² | 3 |
| 6, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthTerraced | Jan 2014 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthDetached | Mar 2016 | £190,000 | 100 m² | £1,900/m² | 2 |
| 8, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £145,000 | 81 m² | £1,790/m² | 1 |
| 9, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £145,000 | 82 m² | £1,768/m² | 1 |
| 10, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthTerraced | Jul 2026 | £225,000 | 87 m² | £2,586/m² | 3 |
| 11, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthTerraced | Feb 2023 | £190,000 | 87 m² | £2,184/m² | 2 |
| 12, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthTerraced | Jun 2014 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £172,000 | 97 m² | £1,773/m² | 1 |
| 15, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2023 | £195,000 | 97 m² | £2,010/m² | 2 |
| 16, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthDetached | Oct 2024 | £276,000 | 90 m² | £3,067/m² | 2 |
| 17, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £159,500 | 87 m² | £1,833/m² | 1 |
| 18, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £144,500 | 86 m² | £1,680/m² | 1 |
| 19, The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthDetached | Feb 2016 | £160,000 | 74 m² | £2,162/m² | 1 |
| The Old Manor, Mersey Lane SouthOther | Jan 2021 | £1,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Rock Ferry, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 686k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Bedford Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 42, 41, 1, X1); 21 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
45% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Rock Ferry Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 28% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Town Lane Infant School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is St John Plessington Catholic College, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 37.2 · 4.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (5.3 km) and Liverpool College (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wirral Grammar School for Girls (2.7 km) and Wirral Grammar School for Boys (2.8 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 600 m away, with Everfresh closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Riverside Surgery (200 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Sun-n-Comfort is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 5.1 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Indigo Venue is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Royal Mersey Yacht Club the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 110 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 36 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
It's growing: about 151 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is New Ferry Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Byrne Avenue Baths (closed) (750 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 8.0 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 49 km.
32 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 CH42 1QQ →
Most households own their home, 35% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
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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.
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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 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 19 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 | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.8% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 52 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 47 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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