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On Monks Drive, in Formby South East & Ince Blundell
What it's like at L37 6DN: every home that has sold on Monks Drive 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 Monks Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 44 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 15, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £222,000 | 57 m² | £3,895/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £250,000 | 112 m² | £2,232/m² | 3 |
| 23, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2004 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £235,000 | 74 m² | £3,176/m² | 1 |
| 27, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £190,000 | 71 m² | £2,676/m² | 3 |
| 29, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £147,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 31, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2009 | £175,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2000 | £68,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £58,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £205,000 | 86 m² | £2,384/m² | 1 |
| 47, Monks DriveDetached | Apr 2016 | £237,500 | 84 m² | £2,827/m² | 2 |
| 49, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £240,000 | 76 m² | £3,158/m² | 5 |
| 51, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2018 | £185,000 | 69 m² | £2,681/m² | 4 |
| 57, Monks DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £261,500 | 79 m² | £3,310/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Formby, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Monks Drive, 150 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (routes F3, 759); 21 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Redgate Community Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Freshfield Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Formby High School, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 54.3 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 800 m away, with BP Express Shopping closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Village Surgery Formby (1.1 km), with Formby Health Rooms & Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Barbers No1 is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southport and Formby District General Hospital, 11 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cinnamon is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Cross House Inn the nearest pub (900 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 31 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 4% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 421 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Duke Street Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Big Bros Gym (950 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Formby, 3.7 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 27 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 56 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
10 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%.
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 L37 6DN →
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" Monks Drive in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 66 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 1 of 34 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 | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.4% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 4.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 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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