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On Willowbank Road, in Oxton South
What it's like at CH42 7JX: every home that has sold on Willowbank 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Willowbank Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 36 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 53, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Jan 2020 | £70,000 | 96 m² | £729/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Aug 2011 | £94,750 | 98 m² | £967/m² | 2 |
| 57, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Aug 2021 | £151,000 | 96 m² | £1,573/m² | 3 |
| 61, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Nov 2025 | £195,000 | 132 m² | £1,477/m² | 3 |
| 63, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Mar 2002 | £64,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 67, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Jul 2008 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £195,000 | 74 m² | £2,635/m² | 3 |
| 71, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £139,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 73, Willowbank RoadTerraced | Jan 2021 | £170,000 | 82 m² | £2,073/m² | 3 |
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 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 375k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool James Street.
The nearest bus stop is Stuart Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 38); 28 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Devonshire Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 47% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Prenton High School for Girls, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 38.9 · 4.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (1.4 km) and Wirral Grammar School for Girls (3.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 250 m away; Prenton Pop-In (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Catherine'S Surgery (500 m), with St Catherines Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Gavin John is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Arrowe Park Hospital, 4.1 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Captain Tony's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Sportsmans Arms the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 112 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 28% flats and 7% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 64% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Victoria Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Prenton Park Recreation Centre (400 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 9.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 51 km.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
The nearest university is , 4.9 km away (TEF Silver).
45 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 7JX →
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 50 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.
On this street: 0 of 28 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 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.1% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 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 36 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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