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On Rake Lane, in Wallasey East
What it's like at CH45 5DJ: every home that has sold on Rake Lane 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). 6 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 Rake Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
9 of the 149 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 229a, Rake LaneOther | Aug 2026 | £150,000 | 151 m² | £993/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 233a, Rake LaneTerraced | Nov 1998 | £12,000 | 96 m² | £125/m² | 1 |
| 235a, Rake LaneFlat | Apr 2004 | £59,950 | 52 m² | £1,153/m² | 1 |
| 235b, Rake LaneFlat | Jun 2025 | £65,000 | 42 m² | £1,548/m² | 2 |
| 237a, Rake LaneFlat | Oct 2004 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 237b, Rake LaneFlat | Sept 2018 | £69,950 | 43 m² | £1,627/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, 243, Rake LaneTerraced | Jul 2001 | £25,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 245a, Rake LaneOther | Apr 2022 | £280,000 | 133 m² | £2,105/m² | 2 |
| 247a, Rake LaneTerraced | Dec 2001 | £25,000 | 146 m² | £171/m² | 1 |
| 249, Rake LaneTerraced | Jun 2018 | £179,000 | – | – | 3 |
The nearest station is New Brighton, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Princess Road, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 410, 433, 229); 105 departures an hour from the 21 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is New Brighton Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Co-op Academy Oldershaw, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 28 · 1.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (4.2 km) and Upton Hall School FCJ (6.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is T & B Local, 250 m away, with Gills the Family Store closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Georges Medical Centre (300 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, The Little Hairmaid is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 5.3 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Ours Social is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Phoenix Club the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 74% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Quarry Park, 100 m away; for exercise, Dream Body Health Fitness & Nutrition (1.1 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Wallasey, 2.7 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 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 51 km.
Most households own their home, 30% 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.
41 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.
Wallasey constituency: Dame Angela Eagle MP (Labour), since April 1992. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 17,996 (42.1%), turnout 58%. Vote shares: Labour 58%, Reform UK 16%, Conservative 12%, Green Party 9%.
21 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 CH45 5DJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 57 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.
On this street: 0 of 110 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.8% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 149 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.