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On Sweeting Street, in Pier Head
What it's like at L2 4TE: every home that has sold on Sweeting 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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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 Sweeting Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 14 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 7, Sweeting StreetOther · company-owned | Jul 2016 | £75,000 | 55 m² | £1,364/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2, 15, Sweeting StreetFlat | Aug 2005 | £132,500 | 59 m² | £2,246/m² | 4 |
| Flat 3, 15, Sweeting StreetFlat | Sept 2020 | £170,000 | 72 m² | £2,361/m² | 8 |
| Flat 4, 15, Sweeting StreetFlat | Dec 2002 | £136,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 15, Sweeting StreetFlat | Oct 2005 | £123,000 | 61 m² | £2,016/m² | 3 |
| 15b, Sweeting StreetFlat · company-owned | Nov 2020 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 4, 17, Sweeting StreetFlat | Feb 2009 | £153,000 | 83 m² | £1,843/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, 17, Sweeting StreetFlat · company-owned | Feb 2023 | £146,500 | 107 m² | £1,369/m² | 1 |
| 17a, Sweeting StreetOther | Apr 2020 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 19, Sweeting StreetFlat | Jul 2021 | £126,500 | 70 m² | £1,807/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, 19, Sweeting StreetFlat | Jun 2021 | £136,000 | 92 m² | £1,478/m² | 4 |
| Flat 5, 19, Sweeting StreetFlat | Jul 2007 | £137,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 6, 19, Sweeting StreetFlat | Sept 2007 | £176,875 | – | – | 2 |
| 19a, Sweeting StreetFlat | Sept 2019 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Moorfields, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 6.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Kirkby (Merseyside).
The nearest bus stop is Union Court, 50 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 437, 407, 472, 471); 199 departures an hour from the 20 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 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
57% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Purple Ruler, 400 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (3.5 km) and Liverpool College (5.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (4.2 km) and The Blue Coat School (5.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 3% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Local, 100 m away; Greggs (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aesthetics of The Royal Liver Building (350 m), with Superdrug the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Unit Six Barbers is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 1.9 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: 81 restaurants and cafés and 43 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Castle Street Townhouse is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Slug And Lettuce the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (21 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 391 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 53% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Castle Street, Albert Dock).
There are 112 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (95%).
It's new: 72% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 1,209 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Chavasse Park, 350 m away; for exercise, JD Gyms (50 m).
63 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barned'S Buildings | II | 0 m |
| 1 and 3, Union Court | II | 20 m |
| Royal Insurance Building | II* | 20 m |
| 9, Union Court | II | 30 m |
| 2-14, Queen Avenue | II | 30 m |
| 25, Castle Street | II | 40 m |
| Bank of England | I | 40 m |
| Numbers 1/3 and 5 (Western Part Only) | II | 40 m |
| Yorkshire Building Society | II | 40 m |
| 17-21, Castle Street | II | 40 m |
| Numbers 20 to 24 Queen Avenue and Gateway to Sweeting Street | II | 50 m |
| Queen Insurance Building | II | 50 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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%.
36 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 L2 4TE →
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 6.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 48 km.
Many neighbours rent: 72% of households rent privately and 7% socially.
It's young: 57% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
This is a student area: 30% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 1.0 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Sweeting Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 8 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 2.6% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 91.5% | 15.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.4% | 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.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 60 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.
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