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On Ludlow Drive, in Caldy & Newton
What it's like at CH48 3JQ: every home that has sold on Ludlow Drive 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).
Sales and extensions on Ludlow Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 23 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Ludlow DriveDetached | Oct 2005 | £280,000 | 129 m² | £2,171/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Ludlow DriveDetached | Jul 1995 | £92,000 | 109 m² | £844/m² | 1 |
| 6, Ludlow DriveDetached | Dec 2016 | £562,000 | 172 m² | £3,267/m² | 3 |
| 8, Ludlow DriveDetached | Aug 2002 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Ludlow DriveDetached | Jun 2017 | £465,000 | 177 m² | £2,627/m² | 3 |
| 12, Ludlow DriveDetached | Aug 2014 | £367,500 | 193 m² | £1,904/m² | 2 |
| 14, Ludlow DriveDetached | Dec 2017 | £497,500 | 124 m² | £4,012/m² | 2 |
| 16, Ludlow DriveDetached | Jul 2026 | £700,000 | 169 m² | £4,142/m² | 2 |
| 18, Ludlow DriveDetached | Nov 2020 | £520,000 | 144 m² | £3,611/m² | 3 |
| 20, Ludlow DriveDetached | Aug 2017 | £528,000 | 154 m² | £3,429/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is West Kirby, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Ludlow Drive, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 703); 2 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Calday Grange Grammar School, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 68.1 · 33.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Calday Grange Grammar School (0.1 km) and West Kirby Grammar School (2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Gerrards Confectioners, 800 m away, with R Hinton & Son Butchers closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marine Lake Medical Practice (950 m), with Welshs the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Whats Cutting & Beauty is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Arrowe Park Hospital, 4.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Hickory's Smokehouse is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Ring O'Bells the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 13 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 60% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Ashton Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Calday Grange Swimming Pool (800 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Meols, 4.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 21 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 59 km.
28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| West Kirby War Memorial | II | 190 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.
Wirral West constituency: Matthew Patrick MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,998 (20.0%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 8%.
8 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 CH48 3JQ →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 55% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 50% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Ludlow Drive in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 19 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 | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.4% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.3% | 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.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 58 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 57 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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