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On College Avenue, in Formby West & Freshfield North
What it's like at L37 3JL: every home that has sold on College Avenue 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on College Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 35 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 9, College AvenueDetached | Dec 2024 | £1,075,000 | 270 m² | £3,981/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, College AvenueDetached | Jan 2005 | £625,000 | 317 m² | £1,972/m² | 1 |
| 11, College AvenueDetached | Sept 2008 | £570,000 | 331 m² | £1,722/m² | 1 |
| 12, College AvenueDetached | May 2008 | £590,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, College AvenueDetached | May 1998 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14a, College AvenueDetached | Apr 2011 | £700,000 | 298 m² | £2,349/m² | 2 |
| 15, College AvenueDetached | Oct 1999 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, College AvenueDetached | Apr 2002 | £410,000 | 322 m² | £1,273/m² | 3 |
| 17, College AvenueDetached | Jul 2023 | £700,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 18, College AvenueDetached | May 2009 | £480,000 | 391 m² | £1,228/m² | 1 |
| 19, College AvenueDetached | Oct 2024 | £1,500,000 | 429 m² | £3,497/m² | 3 |
| 20, College AvenueDetached | Jan 1999 | £221,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20a, College AvenueDetached | Oct 2023 | £1,100,000 | 314 m² | £3,503/m² | 3 |
| 21, College AvenueDetached | Sept 2021 | £755,000 | 185 m² | £4,081/m² | 1 |
| Cartmel Lodge, 20, College AvenueDetached | May 2014 | £735,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, Granville House, 7, College AvenueFlat | Aug 2012 | £175,000 | 70 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Granville House, 7, College AvenueFlat | Nov 2013 | £100,000 | 50 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Granville House, 7, College AvenueFlat | Mar 2024 | £156,000 | 51 m² | £3,059/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, Granville House, 7, College AvenueFlat | Jul 2011 | £160,000 | 75 m² | £2,133/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, Granville House, 7, College AvenueFlat | Nov 2016 | £164,000 | 70 m² | £2,343/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, Granville House, 7, College AvenueFlat | May 2021 | £183,000 | 103 m² | £1,777/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, Granville House, 7, College AvenueFlat | Nov 2015 | £162,000 | 54 m² | £3,000/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Granville House, 7, College AvenueFlat | Mar 2016 | £157,000 | 62 m² | £2,532/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 40% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Freshfield, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 589k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Barkfield Lane, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route F1); 8 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Woodlands Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School (0.9 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Formby High School, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 54.3 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Foods, 800 m away, with Walker's Pharmacy closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Freshfield Surgery (600 m), with Ryders Chemist the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Barbers@No7 is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southport and Formby District General Hospital, 9.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% 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: 3 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Formby Luncheon Club is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Formby Village Sports Club the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 73% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Duke Street Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Formby Pool & Gym (750 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Formby, 3.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 30 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 58 km.
22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Garswood | II | 170 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.
Sefton Central constituency: Bill Esterson MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,282 (38.5%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 56%, Conservative 18%, Reform UK 12%, Green Party 7%.
19 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 L37 3JL →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 63% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 35% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
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" College Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 23 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.2% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.8% | 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.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 70 min
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