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On Old Chester Road, in Woodhey
What it's like at CH63 7LH: every home that has sold on Old Chester 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Old Chester Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 58 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 38, Old Chester RoadDetached | May 2006 | £183,500 | 168 m² | £1,092/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40, Old Chester RoadTerraced | Apr 2001 | £54,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Old Chester RoadTerraced | Jan 2013 | £85,000 | 91 m² | £934/m² | 1 |
| 44, Old Chester RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £215,000 | 100 m² | £2,150/m² | 2 |
| 46, Old Chester RoadTerraced | Aug 2026 | £257,500 | 109 m² | £2,362/m² | 6 |
| 48, Old Chester RoadTerraced | May 2005 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Old Chester RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £132,000 | 101 m² | £1,307/m² | 4 |
| 52, Old Chester RoadTerraced | Dec 2013 | £125,000 | 100 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
| 56, Old Chester RoadTerraced | Feb 2018 | £160,000 | 115 m² | £1,391/m² | 1 |
| 58, Old Chester RoadTerraced | Apr 2022 | £245,000 | 111 m² | £2,207/m² | 5 |
| 60, Old Chester RoadTerraced | Nov 2022 | £146,000 | 102 m² | £1,431/m² | 3 |
| 64, Old Chester RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £172,000 | 100 m² | £1,720/m² | 1 |
| 66, Old Chester RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £185,000 | 109 m² | £1,697/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bebington, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 918k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is College Drive, 50 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 410, 38, 418, 38A); 20 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St John's Catholic Junior School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 45% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Town Lane Infant School (0.5 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is St John Plessington Catholic College, 200 m away; Attainment 8: 37.2 · 4.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wirral Grammar School for Girls (1.4 km) and Wirral Grammar School for Boys (1.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Londis MFG Bebington, 150 m away; Bebington Convenience Store (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sunlight Group Practice (600 m), with T/A The Pharmacy Bebington the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, The Hair Company is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Arrowe Park Hospital, 5.1 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Blind Cow is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Railway Inn the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 10% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 61% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is New Ferry Park, 500 m away; for exercise, The Oval, Wirral (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 8.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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.
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%.
16 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 CH63 7LH →
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" Old Chester Road in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.9% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 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 49 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 50 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.