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On Torrington Gardens, in Pensby & Thingwall
What it's like at CH61 7US: every home that has sold on Torrington Gardens 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.
Sales and extensions on Torrington Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 8 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Torrington GardensFlat | Feb 2018 | £77,000 | 65 m² | £1,185/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Torrington GardensFlat · company-owned | Oct 2006 | £92,000 | 74 m² | £1,243/m² | 2 |
| 6, Torrington GardensSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £189,850 | 104 m² | £1,825/m² | 3 |
| 7, Torrington GardensFlat | Aug 2020 | £100,000 | 71 m² | £1,408/m² | 2 |
| 12, Torrington GardensTerraced | Aug 2013 | £123,000 | 95 m² | £1,295/m² | 1 |
| 15, Torrington GardensFlat · company-owned | Oct 2019 | £100,000 | 67 m² | £1,493/m² | 3 |
| 21, Torrington GardensFlat | Dec 2020 | £88,000 | 61 m² | £1,443/m² | 3 |
| 23, Torrington GardensFlat | May 2026 | £112,000 | 69 m² | £1,623/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Upton, a drive away (3.2 km), with 22k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Shotton.
The nearest bus stop is Torrington Drive, 50 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 181, 649); 24 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Thingwall Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 79% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Woodchurch High School, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 37.9 · 3.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Upton Hall School FCJ (4 km) and Calday Grange Grammar School (5.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Petrol Station, 600 m away, with Thingwall Recreation Centre Social Club closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is West Wirral Group Practice (200 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Halo & Ko is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Arrowe Park Hospital, 2.1 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Kismat Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Bassett Hound the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 21% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Pensby Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Thingwall Recreation Centre (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Meols, 7.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 54 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
16 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.
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%.
3 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 CH61 7US →
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.
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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 8 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.9% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 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 53 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 54 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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