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On Gardner Road, in Formby Central & Freshfield South
What it's like at L37 8DF: every home that has sold on Gardner 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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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 Gardner Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 91 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 97, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £230,000 | 88 m² | £2,614/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1995 | £63,250 | 127 m² | £498/m² | 1 |
| 101, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £200,000 | 94 m² | £2,128/m² | 2 |
| 105, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £213,000 | 94 m² | £2,266/m² | 1 |
| 107, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2003 | £142,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 109, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £240,000 | 112 m² | £2,143/m² | 2 |
| 117, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2003 | £169,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 119, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £129,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 123, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £212,000 | 94 m² | £2,255/m² | 1 |
| 125, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | May 2013 | £167,500 | – | – | 5 |
| 129, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2004 | £178,000 | 137 m² | £1,299/m² | 2 |
| 135, Gardner RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £285,000 | 120 m² | £2,375/m² | 1 |
| 137, Gardner RoadDetached | Feb 2024 | £325,000 | 131 m² | £2,481/m² | 1 |
| 141, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1995 | £59,000 | 131 m² | £450/m² | 1 |
| 143, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £187,500 | 102 m² | £1,838/m² | 1 |
| 145, Gardner RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £170,000 | 85 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 147, Gardner RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £235,000 | 89 m² | £2,640/m² | 2 |
| 151, Gardner RoadDetached | Dec 2000 | £119,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 153, Gardner RoadDetached | Jul 2022 | £342,500 | 99 m² | £3,460/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 (1.7 km), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Smithy Green, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route F1); 10 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 82% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Freshfield Primary School (0.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Formby High School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 54.3 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Home Bargains, 500 m away; Formby Local (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chapel Lane Surgery (1.0 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Style 42 is 650 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.
Clubhouse Cafe Formby is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Grapes Hotel Formby - K-Town, Chik Box, Locked & Loaded, 88th Street, the nearest pub (900 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, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Big Bros Gym (600 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.
17 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%.
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 8DF →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Gardner Road in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 1 of 72 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 | 0.6% | 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.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 70 min
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