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On Carlton Road, in Oxton South
What it's like at CH42 9NQ: every home that has sold on Carlton 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Carlton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 40 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Carlton RoadOther · company-owned | Apr 2023 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £160,000 | 125 m² | £1,280/m² | 2 |
| 12, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £108,000 | 121 m² | £893/m² | 3 |
| 12a, Carlton RoadDetached | Nov 2022 | £212,000 | 67 m² | £3,164/m² | 2 |
| 14, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £195,000 | 97 m² | £2,010/m² | 3 |
| 18, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £125,000 | 64 m² | £1,953/m² | 2 |
| 20, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £175,000 | 66 m² | £2,652/m² | 3 |
| 24, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £45,000 | 65 m² | £692/m² | 1 |
| 28, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £167,000 | 65 m² | £2,569/m² | 2 |
| 30, Carlton RoadOther · company-owned | Mar 2018 | £159,000 | 325 m² | £489/m² | 3 |
| 32, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2003 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £275,000 | 227 m² | £1,211/m² | 1 |
| 36, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2004 | £155,000 | 47 m² | £3,298/m² | 2 |
| 38, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £218,000 | 301 m² | £724/m² | 1 |
| 40, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £125,000 | 75 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| 42, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £200,000 | 243 m² | £823/m² | 2 |
| 1, St Michaels MewsTerraced | Mar 2008 | £28,750 | 65 m² | £442/m² | 2 |
| 2, St Michaels MewsTerraced | Jul 2011 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, St Michaels MewsTerraced | Dec 2019 | £52,000 | 64 m² | £813/m² | 3 |
| 5, St Michaels MewsSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £150,000 | 68 m² | £2,206/m² | 3 |
| 6, St Michaels MewsTerraced | Dec 1999 | £11,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Birkenhead Central, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 644k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Woodville Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 495, 695); 83 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Woodchurch Road Academy, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Birkenhead Park School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 39.9 · 4.2% 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 The Gate Social Supermarket, 350 m away, with ShapeChef closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Devaney Med Ctr (450 m), with Allied Pharmacies Balls Road the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Square One is 200 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.
Cafe Ceylon is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Cock & Pullet the nearest pub (150 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 The Arno Rose Garden, 850 m away; for exercise, Drill (900 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.
42 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%.
24 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 9NQ →
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Wirral since 2011.
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 40 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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.
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On this street: 0 of 33 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.