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On Church Walk, in Bootle South
What it's like at L20 4DH: every home that has sold on Church Walk 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Church Walk; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 4 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Irlam House, Church WalkOther · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £52,500 | 63 m² | £833/m² | 1 |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bootle Oriel Road, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 692k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Church Gardens, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 235, 144); 22 departures an hour from the 11 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 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
56% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is All Saints Catholic Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hillside High School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 39.8 · 6.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (7.5 km) and The Blue Coat School (8.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Stores, 350 m away, with SipUp@Sefton Liverpool closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bootle Village Surgery (650 m), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Allan's Barbers is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Aintree, 4.6 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 30 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Activity for All CIC is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Lock & Quay the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 293 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 17 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 43% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is BAAP22 Open land between Irlam Road and the Asda Store, 400 m away; for exercise, Bootle Leisure Centre (950 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 5.7 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.8 µg/m³).
32 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.
5 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 4DH →
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 49 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 4.9 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Church Walk in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 76.9% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 22.6% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 62 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 34 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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