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On Melwood Drive, in Croxteth Park
What it's like at L12 8RN: every home that has sold on Melwood 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Melwood Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 101 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 91, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £200,000 | 84 m² | £2,381/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £144,000 | 77 m² | £1,870/m² | 1 |
| 105, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Jan 1999 | £59,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 115, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | May 1995 | £57,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 117, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2024 | £216,000 | 76 m² | £2,842/m² | 2 |
| 119, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £115,000 | 72 m² | £1,597/m² | 1 |
| 121, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £26,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 125, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £165,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 127, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £144,000 | 79 m² | £1,823/m² | 1 |
| 131, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | May 2026 | £267,500 | 79 m² | £3,386/m² | 2 |
| 137, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £210,000 | 82 m² | £2,561/m² | 1 |
| 139, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £252,000 | 91 m² | £2,769/m² | 3 |
| 143, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £75,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 145, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2000 | £59,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 147, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £270,000 | 84 m² | £3,214/m² | 4 |
| 147a, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Oct 1997 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 149, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1995 | £48,000 | 65 m² | £738/m² | 1 |
| 149a, Melwood DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2008 | £153,000 | 120 m² | £1,275/m² | 3 |
| 151, Melwood DriveTerraced | Mar 2026 | £173,000 | 69 m² | £2,507/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Broad Green, a short drive or bike ride (3.0 km), with 416k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Crown Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 12, 13, 839); 44 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is St Edward's College, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 51.6 · 11.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (5.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (5.2 km) and St Anselm's College (11.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative, 700 m away, with Sky Express closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is West Derby Medical Centre (300 m), with Deysbrook Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Luxe Nail is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Alder Hey Children's Hospital, 1.9 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 86% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Feathers Bistro is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Robbie Fowler Education and Football Academy at Melwood the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 74 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 24 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Croxteth Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Melwood (200 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 12 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 42 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
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.
Liverpool West Derby constituency: Ian Byrne MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 20,423 (53.7%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 67%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 7%, Liberal 6%.
6 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 L12 8RN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest university is Liverpool Hope University, 4.7 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Liverpool since 2011.
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 101 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.
On this street: 0 of 70 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.3% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.8% | 15.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.1% | 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: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 59 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.