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On Westbourne Road, in Birkenhead Central
What it's like at CH43 4TQ: every home that has sold on Westbourne 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 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 Westbourne Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 52 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 58, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Jan 2006 | £72,000 | 95 m² | £758/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Oct 2011 | £50,000 | 92 m² | £543/m² | 1 |
| 62, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Jul 2005 | £89,950 | 85 m² | £1,058/m² | 2 |
| 66, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Apr 2019 | £117,000 | 117 m² | £1,000/m² | 2 |
| 70, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £90,000 | 119 m² | £756/m² | 1 |
| 74, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Oct 1996 | £25,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 76, Westbourne RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2020 | £138,000 | 125 m² | £1,104/m² | 2 |
| 78, Westbourne RoadOther · company-owned | Apr 2020 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 78a, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Feb 2002 | £13,000 | 71 m² | £183/m² | 1 |
| 82, Westbourne RoadTerraced | Jan 2012 | £113,000 | 86 m² | £1,314/m² | 5 |
| 98, Westbourne RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £230,000 | 223 m² | £1,031/m² | 4 |
| Ground Floor Lock Up Shop, 78, Westbourne RoadOther | Dec 2014 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 11, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Feb 2025 | £89,000 | 43 m² | £2,070/m² | 3 |
| Flat 10, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Oct 2002 | £49,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 5, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Aug 2002 | £49,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Mar 2020 | £67,500 | 35 m² | £1,929/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Feb 2005 | £90,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 3, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Sept 2017 | £58,500 | 35 m² | £1,671/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Feb 2006 | £77,000 | 36 m² | £2,139/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Oct 2007 | £104,950 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 7, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Feb 2003 | £49,000 | 36 m² | £1,361/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Apr 2011 | £77,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 9, West Alfred Court, 96, Westbourne RoadFlat | Nov 2023 | £85,000 | 47 m² | £1,809/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Birkenhead Central, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 644k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Woodchurch Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 492, 91, 91A, 711); 71 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
60% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 56% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Birkenhead Park School, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 39.9 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (5.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (1.6 km) and Upton Hall School FCJ (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Grange road west premier, 250 m away, with Bangla bazaar closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Devaney Med Ctr (250 m), with Allied Pharmacies Balls Road the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Top Nails is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 4.4 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 81 restaurants and cafés and 26 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Chaplins Oriental is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Richmond the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (40 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 432 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 80 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 48% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 149 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Birkenhead Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Drill (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 5.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
50 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kenyon Terrace | II | 180 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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 CH43 4TQ →
On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 72.4% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 26.9% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 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.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 4.6 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.
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 52 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 55 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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