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Albert Dock & Queen's Dock
What it's like at L1 5BY: every home that has sold on the street 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 the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Liverpool Central, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 14.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Ormskirk.
The nearest bus stop is Sparling Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 27, 204); 75 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
46% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 40% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Silas Church of England Primary School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is LIPA School, 500 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (2.7 km) and Liverpool College (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (4.3 km) and The Blue Coat School (4.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 6% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 300 m away; Nisa Local (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rope Walk General Practice NHS (250 m), with Bullens the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Swanky Malone is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 1.8 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 138 restaurants and cafés and 42 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
A Grape Pairing is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Monro the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (37 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 524 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 71 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (79%).
It's new: 70% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 1,165 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Green Steps and seating, 500 m away; for exercise, The Gym (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 7.4 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
59 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Seamen's Church (Gustaf Adolfs Kyrka) | II* | 140 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.
Liverpool Riverside constituency: Kim Johnson MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 14,793 (45.7%), turnout 45%. Vote shares: Labour 62%, Green Party 16%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
30 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 L1 5BY →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 11 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 47 km.
Many neighbours rent: 62% of households rent privately and 17% socially.
It's young: 46% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 57% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 18% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 900 m 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 14.6% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 74.5% | 15.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 10.4% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 62 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 41 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.