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On Cable Street, in Formby Central & Freshfield South
What it's like at L37 3LX: every home that has sold on Cable 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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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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Cable Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 51 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2017 | £135,000 | 94 m² | £1,436/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10a, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Cable StreetOther | Jan 2022 | £93,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £215,000 | 66 m² | £3,258/m² | 4 |
| 16, Cable StreetOther | Aug 2018 | £208,000 | 74 m² | £2,811/m² | 3 |
| 18, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £174,500 | 72 m² | £2,424/m² | 4 |
| 20, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2009 | £157,500 | 93 m² | £1,694/m² | 1 |
| 22, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Aug 1996 | £58,000 | 108 m² | £537/m² | 1 |
| 24, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £135,000 | 64 m² | £2,109/m² | 2 |
| 28, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2001 | £68,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £248,500 | 92 m² | £2,701/m² | 2 |
| 32, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £192,500 | 62 m² | £3,105/m² | 2 |
| 34, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £260,000 | 82 m² | £3,171/m² | 2 |
| 36, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £262,000 | 118 m² | £2,220/m² | 2 |
| 40, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £200,000 | 103 m² | £1,942/m² | 1 |
| 42, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £297,000 | 103 m² | £2,883/m² | 1 |
| 44, Cable StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £420,000 | 175 m² | £2,400/m² | 5 |
| 46, Cable StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2017 | £175,000 | 70 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 50, Cable StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Dec 2022 | £237,500 | 83 m² | £2,861/m² | 1 |
| 54, Cable StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £325,000 | 94 m² | £3,457/m² | 3 |
| 56, Cable StreetDetached | Aug 2014 | £243,500 | 115 m² | £2,117/m² | 3 |
| 58, Cable StreetDetached | Apr 2001 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60, Cable StreetDetached | Aug 2010 | £215,000 | 171 m² | £1,257/m² | 1 |
| 64, Cable StreetDetached | Feb 2026 | £295,000 | 116 m² | £2,543/m² | 3 |
| 66, Cable StreetDetached | Dec 1996 | £66,000 | 105 m² | £629/m² | 1 |
| 68, Cable StreetDetached | Jul 2022 | £330,000 | 140 m² | £2,357/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Freshfield, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 589k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Mittens Lane, 200 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes F1, 759); 28 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Freshfield Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Formby High School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 54.3 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Foods, 750 m away, with Formby Food Pantry closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chapel Lane Surgery (700 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Vision is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southport and Formby District General Hospital, 9.8 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 38 restaurants and cafés and 11 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Formby Family Space is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Grapes Hotel Formby - K-Town, Chik Box, Locked & Loaded, 88th Street, the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 60 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Duke Street Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Big Bros Gym (650 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Formby, 3.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 29 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 57 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 33% are 65 or over.
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.
35 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.
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%.
20 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 3LX →
On this street: 0 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.0% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.4% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.3% | 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 51 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 70 min
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