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On Swindon Street, in Kirkdale North
What it's like at L5 7RB: every home that has sold on Swindon 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Swindon Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 7, Swindon StreetTerraced | Jul 2008 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, Swindon StreetFlat · company-owned | Dec 2024 | £168,000 | 103 m² | £1,631/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Apr 2024 | £40,500 | 69 m² | £587/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Oct 2024 | £25,500 | 84 m² | £304/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Mar 2008 | £75,000 | 69 m² | £1,087/m² | 1 |
| Flat 9, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Aug 2024 | £37,000 | 66 m² | £561/m² | 2 |
| Flat 12, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Mar 2008 | £75,000 | 64 m² | £1,172/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Apr 2008 | £75,000 | 82 m² | £915/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Jul 2008 | £75,000 | 68 m² | £1,103/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Dec 2014 | £36,000 | 34 m² | £1,059/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Mar 2008 | £75,000 | 68 m² | £1,103/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Jun 2008 | £75,000 | 35 m² | £2,143/m² | 2 |
| Flat 10, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Mar 2026 | £37,649 | 69 m² | £546/m² | 2 |
| Flat 11, 11, Swindon StreetFlat | Jun 2024 | £42,500 | 73 m² | £582/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Sandhills, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Commercial Road, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 839); 120 departures an hour from the 13 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 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
57% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St John's Catholic Primary School (0.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Notre Dame Catholic Academy, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 31 · 2.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (4.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (6.4 km) and St Anselm's College (6.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is W H Lung Supermarket, 950 m away, with Premier / PRM closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bousfield Surgery - Dr Shah (600 m), with Sedem Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Annmarie's Aesthetics & Beauty is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 3.1 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Greedy’s cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Powerleague the nearest pub (550 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 211 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 106 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Canalside Park, 750 m away; for exercise, The Climbing Hangar (350 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 6.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
26 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.
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%.
17 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 L5 7RB →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 14 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 48 km.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Liverpool John Moores University, 2.8 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.
On this street: 0 of 13 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 12 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 79.8% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 20.0% | 15.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 61 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 38 min
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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 14 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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