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On Bedford Road, in Bootle East
What it's like at L20 2DT: every home that has sold on Bedford 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 6 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 Bedford Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
46 of the 172 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 118, Bedford RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2015 | £50,000 | 111 m² | £450/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120, Bedford RoadTerraced | May 2019 | £58,000 | 118 m² | £492/m² | 2 |
| 122, Bedford RoadTerraced | Aug 2019 | £87,500 | 115 m² | £761/m² | 2 |
| 124, Bedford RoadTerraced | Apr 2007 | £80,000 | 117 m² | £684/m² | 2 |
| 126, Bedford RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2023 | £95,000 | 113 m² | £841/m² | 6 |
| 134, Bedford RoadTerraced | Jun 2007 | £66,950 | 111 m² | £603/m² | 1 |
| 136, Bedford RoadTerraced | Dec 2002 | £35,000 | 159 m² | £220/m² | 1 |
| 138, Bedford RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £125,000 | 111 m² | £1,126/m² | 3 |
| 140, Bedford RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2023 | £90,000 | 117 m² | £769/m² | 4 |
| 142, Bedford RoadTerraced | Nov 2017 | £57,500 | 130 m² | £442/m² | 1 |
| 152, Bedford RoadTerraced | Dec 2025 | £120,000 | 84 m² | £1,429/m² | 3 |
| 154, Bedford RoadTerraced | Jan 2015 | £48,150 | 116 m² | £415/m² | 1 |
| 156, Bedford RoadTerraced | Jun 2025 | £110,000 | 120 m² | £917/m² | 1 |
| 162, Bedford RoadTerraced | Apr 2023 | £123,000 | 146 m² | £842/m² | 1 |
| 168, Bedford RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 1998 | £19,650 | 150 m² | £131/m² | 1 |
| 170, Bedford RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2015 | £57,000 | 109 m² | £523/m² | 1 |
| 172, Bedford RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2020 | £71,500 | 89 m² | £803/m² | 3 |
| 176, Bedford RoadTerraced | May 2004 | £53,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 182, Bedford RoadFlat | Sept 2015 | £68,000 | 124 m² | £548/m² | 3 |
| 186, Bedford RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2025 | £121,000 | 120 m² | £1,008/m² | 3 |
| 188, Bedford RoadTerraced | May 1996 | £15,000 | 115 m² | £130/m² | 1 |
| 192, Bedford RoadTerraced | Mar 2007 | £65,000 | 136 m² | £478/m² | 1 |
| 196, Bedford RoadTerraced | Aug 2025 | £150,000 | 127 m² | £1,181/m² | 6 |
The nearest station is Kirkdale, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 930k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Bedford Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 22 minutes on weekdays (routes 58, 159); 67 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
43% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Bedford Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 38% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St John's Catholic Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Hillside High School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 39.8 · 6.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (7.5 km) and St Anselm's College (8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Food Plus, 300 m away, with Ardalan Mini-Market closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Westminster Medical Centre (450 m), with Sedem Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Bankhall Barber Shop is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Aintree, 3.8 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
L20 Hotel School is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Hawthorne Public House the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 105 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 3% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 54% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is South Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Rydal Gym (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 6.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 48 km.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 4.1 km away (TEF Silver).
34 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.
Bootle constituency: Peter Dowd MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 21,983 (56.5%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 69%, Reform UK 12%, Green Party 10%, Conservative 4%.
14 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 L20 2DT →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 Sefton 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 172 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 62 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 150 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 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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