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On Derby Road, in Birkenhead South
What it's like at CH42 7HB: every home that has sold on Derby 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). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Derby Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 26, Derby RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2000 | £29,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30, Derby RoadTerraced | Oct 2003 | £36,000 | 124 m² | £290/m² | 1 |
| 32, Derby RoadTerraced | May 2008 | £50,000 | 125 m² | £400/m² | 1 |
| 34, Derby RoadOther | Aug 2018 | £30,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Derby RoadTerraced | Nov 2021 | £60,000 | 117 m² | £513/m² | 2 |
| 40a, Derby RoadOther | Oct 2024 | £98,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40c, Derby RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £85,000 | 71 m² | £1,197/m² | 2 |
| 42b, Derby RoadOther | Dec 2019 | £50,000 | 68 m² | £735/m² | 1 |
| 44, Derby RoadOther · company-owned | Oct 2022 | £60,000 | 95 m² | £632/m² | 2 |
| 46, Derby RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £109,000 | 96 m² | £1,135/m² | 4 |
| 52a, Derby RoadTerraced | Oct 2018 | £140,000 | 64 m² | £2,188/m² | 2 |
| 56, Derby RoadOther · company-owned | Aug 2021 | £62,500 | 84 m² | £744/m² | 4 |
| 58, Derby RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2007 | £83,000 | 124 m² | £669/m² | 2 |
| 70, Derby RoadFlat | Mar 2008 | £65,000 | 39 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 70a, Derby RoadFlat | Mar 2008 | £70,000 | 24 m² | £2,917/m² | 2 |
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 (750 m), with 375k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool James Street.
The nearest bus stop is Aspendale Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 38); 85 departures an hour from the 16 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 (500 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, 1.3 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, 250 m away, with MP Food and Wine closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Catherine'S Surgery (250 m), with St Catherines Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Barbers is 350 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 (50 m), and The Imperial the nearest pub (50 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, 600 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.
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%.
25 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 7HB →
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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.
On this street: 1 of 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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.
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.
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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 41 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.