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On Mossley Road, in Birkenhead South
What it's like at CH42 5PP: every home that has sold on Mossley 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mossley Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 17 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Mossley RoadTerraced | Aug 2000 | £30,950 | 74 m² | £418/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Mossley RoadTerraced | May 2023 | £95,000 | 72 m² | £1,319/m² | 5 |
| 5, Mossley RoadTerraced | Mar 2017 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Mossley RoadTerraced | Jan 1995 | £28,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Mossley RoadTerraced | Jan 2019 | £65,000 | 92 m² | £707/m² | 1 |
| 13, Mossley RoadTerraced | Nov 2023 | £95,000 | 96 m² | £990/m² | 3 |
| 15, Mossley RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £80,000 | 93 m² | £860/m² | 2 |
| 23, Mossley RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2000 | £18,500 | 76 m² | £243/m² | 1 |
| 25, Mossley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1998 | £23,750 | 99 m² | £240/m² | 1 |
| 27, Mossley RoadTerraced | Jul 2016 | £65,000 | 75 m² | £867/m² | 2 |
| 29, Mossley RoadTerraced | Jan 1995 | £19,000 | 74 m² | £257/m² | 1 |
| 31, Mossley RoadTerraced | Nov 2002 | £34,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Mossley RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2021 | £81,000 | 74 m² | £1,095/m² | 3 |
| 35, Mossley RoadTerraced | Jan 2020 | £79,950 | 75 m² | £1,066/m² | 2 |
| 37, Mossley RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2022 | £85,000 | 77 m² | £1,104/m² | 2 |
| 39, Mossley RoadTerraced | Jul 2016 | £62,000 | 71 m² | £873/m² | 3 |
| 41, Mossley RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £98,000 | 102 m² | £961/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Rock Ferry, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 686k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Rosedale Road, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 627); 24 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
45% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Well Lane Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Prenton High School for Girls, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 38.9 · 4.8% 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 Essentials, 200 m away; PT Food and Wine (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gladstone Med Ctr (300 m), with Rock Ferry Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Leona Ashley is 400 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.
Yum is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Lord Napier the nearest pub (400 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, 300 m away; for exercise, Byrne Avenue Baths (closed) (750 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.
48 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%.
27 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 5PP →
Many neighbours rent: 39% of households rent privately and 22% socially.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 4.4 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.
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.
On this street: 0 of 14 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% | 1.1% |
| 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.
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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 17 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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