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On Bedford Drive, in Egerton Park
What it's like at CH42 6RT: every home that has sold on Bedford Drive 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 Bedford Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 25 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Bedford DriveDetached · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £240,000 | 285 m² | £842/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Bedford DriveSemi-detached | May 2007 | £185,000 | 122 m² | £1,516/m² | 4 |
| 5, Bedford DriveSemi-detached | May 2023 | £265,000 | 146 m² | £1,815/m² | 3 |
| 7, Bedford DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £220,000 | 111 m² | £1,982/m² | 1 |
| 41, Bedford DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2012 | £162,500 | 162 m² | £1,003/m² | 1 |
| 43, Bedford DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £200,000 | 122 m² | £1,639/m² | 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, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 686k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Bebington Road, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 418); 37 departures an hour from the 18 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bedford Drive Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 38% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Town Lane Infant School (1.4 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Prenton High School for Girls, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 38.9 · 4.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wirral Grammar School for Girls (2.3 km) and Wirral Grammar School for Boys (2.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 300 m away; Mount General Store (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gladstone Med Ctr (800 m), with Victoria Park Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Leona Ashley is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Arrowe Park Hospital, 5.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 43% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Sugar Skull Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Sportsmans Arms the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 73 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 187 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Victoria Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Byrne Avenue Baths (closed) (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 8.1 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
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.
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%.
19 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 6RT →
On this street: 0 of 20 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 | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.7% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.0% | 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 25 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 50 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 49 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.