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On New School Lane, in Hooton, Willaston & Ness
What it's like at CH66 1QY: every home that has sold on New School 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.
Sales and extensions on New School Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| 3, New School LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £245,000 | 95 m² | £2,579/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, New School LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £214,000 | 71 m² | £3,014/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Little Sutton, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 184k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Ellesmere Port.
The nearest bus stop is Half Way House, 50 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, X1, 23, 23A); 20 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Childer Thornton Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Willaston CofE Primary School (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is South Wirral High School, 2.4 km away.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wirral Grammar School for Boys (6.6 km) and Wirral Grammar School for Girls (6.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 1.7 km away, with Penny on the Move closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Eastham Clinic (2.1 km), with Little Sutton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Debonair is 2.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Arrowe Park Hospital, 11 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Ellesmere port golf club is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Halfway House the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 66 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 57% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 267 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Rossmore to Rivacre Footpath, 2.2 km away; for exercise, Hooton Park Circuit (1.9 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 11 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 49 km.
11 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.
Chester North and Neston constituency: Samantha Dixon MP (Labour), since December 2022. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,870 (26.6%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 9%.
19 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 CH66 1QY →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 54% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 32% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 47% 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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.6% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 11.8% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 5.6% | 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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Nearest: Sc2 · about 47 min
Nearest: Victoria 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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