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On Somerset Road, in Bootle East
What it's like at L20 9BS: every home that has sold on Somerset 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Somerset Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 36 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Somerset RoadTerraced | Oct 2001 | £38,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15, Somerset RoadTerraced | Nov 2000 | £28,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Somerset RoadTerraced | Jul 1999 | £17,750 | 98 m² | £181/m² | 1 |
| 19, Somerset RoadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £52,000 | 92 m² | £565/m² | 1 |
| 23, Somerset RoadTerraced | Jun 1999 | £30,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Somerset RoadTerraced | Jul 2024 | £128,000 | 93 m² | £1,376/m² | 2 |
| 27, Somerset RoadTerraced | May 2007 | £60,000 | 92 m² | £652/m² | 1 |
| 31, Somerset RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2018 | £61,500 | 105 m² | £586/m² | 1 |
| 33, Somerset RoadTerraced | Apr 2003 | £36,950 | 95 m² | £389/m² | 1 |
| 35, Somerset RoadTerraced | Feb 2016 | £90,000 | 96 m² | £938/m² | 2 |
| 37, Somerset RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £120,000 | 93 m² | £1,290/m² | 2 |
| 41, Somerset RoadTerraced | Apr 2018 | £95,000 | 91 m² | £1,044/m² | 2 |
| 43, Somerset RoadTerraced | Aug 2007 | £76,000 | 97 m² | £784/m² | 1 |
| 45, Somerset RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £120,000 | 96 m² | £1,250/m² | 3 |
| 47, Somerset RoadTerraced | Oct 2024 | £130,000 | 97 m² | £1,340/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bootle New Strand, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 885k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Leicester Road, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 235); 34 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
43% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Monica's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 53% 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 Lidl, 650 m away, with Go Local (Realway Saver) closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aintree Road Medical Centre (200 m), with Smartts Chemist the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Fancy Nancy's Nails & Beauty 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.
The Buttie Shop is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and St Monicas Parish Centre the nearest pub (200 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 Derby Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Bootle Leisure Centre (900 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.
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.
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Church of St Monica | I | 120 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.
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%.
15 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 9BS →
On this street: 0 of 32 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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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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 36 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.
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.