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On Empress Road, in Edge Hill
What it's like at L7 8SF: every home that has sold on Empress 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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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.
38 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Empress Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 109 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 110, Empress RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £318,000 | 115 m² | £2,765/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113, Empress RoadTerraced | Jan 2018 | £135,000 | 83 m² | £1,627/m² | 3 |
| 114, Empress RoadTerraced | Feb 2020 | £128,500 | 123 m² | £1,045/m² | 3 |
| 115, Empress RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £138,124 | 104 m² | £1,328/m² | 1 |
| 116, Empress RoadTerraced | May 2019 | £125,000 | 89 m² | £1,404/m² | 1 |
| 117, Empress RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £300,000 | 104 m² | £2,885/m² | 1 |
| 118, Empress RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £185,000 | 79 m² | £2,342/m² | 2 |
| 119, Empress RoadTerraced | Jan 2016 | £90,000 | 91 m² | £989/m² | 1 |
| 120, Empress RoadTerraced | Feb 2026 | £160,000 | 77 m² | £2,078/m² | 1 |
| 121, Empress RoadTerraced | Feb 2012 | £72,500 | 104 m² | £697/m² | 1 |
| 122, Empress RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £300,000 | 100 m² | £3,000/m² | 4 |
| 123, Empress RoadTerraced | May 2023 | £130,000 | 84 m² | £1,548/m² | 1 |
| 124, Empress RoadTerraced | May 2023 | £185,000 | 95 m² | £1,947/m² | 3 |
| 125, Empress RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £270,000 | 115 m² | £2,348/m² | 3 |
| 126, Empress RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £140,000 | 82 m² | £1,707/m² | 3 |
| 128, Empress RoadTerraced | Sept 2005 | £74,000 | 89 m² | £831/m² | 2 |
| 129, Empress RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £120,000 | 81 m² | £1,481/m² | 1 |
| 130, Empress RoadTerraced | Apr 2019 | £125,000 | 81 m² | £1,543/m² | 3 |
| 131, Empress RoadTerraced | Jul 1997 | £18,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 132, Empress RoadTerraced | Feb 2017 | £106,000 | 115 m² | £922/m² | 2 |
| 133, Empress RoadTerraced | Mar 2021 | £171,000 | 62 m² | £2,758/m² | 4 |
| 134, Empress RoadTerraced | Jul 2017 | £110,000 | 81 m² | £1,358/m² | 1 |
| 135, Empress RoadTerraced | Dec 2017 | £100,000 | 80 m² | £1,250/m² | 2 |
| 136, Empress RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £155,000 | 111 m² | £1,396/m² | 5 |
| 137, Empress RoadTerraced | Dec 2001 | £12,000 | 100 m² | £120/m² | 1 |
| 138, Empress RoadTerraced | Mar 2022 | £150,000 | 83 m² | £1,807/m² | 2 |
| 139, Empress RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £100,000 | 117 m² | £855/m² | 1 |
| 140, Empress RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £94,000 | 77 m² | £1,221/m² | 3 |
| 141, Empress RoadTerraced | Oct 2019 | £150,000 | 92 m² | £1,630/m² | 2 |
| 145, Empress RoadTerraced | Oct 2008 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 146, Empress RoadTerraced | Jul 2017 | £125,000 | 93 m² | £1,344/m² | 4 |
| 147, Empress RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £255,000 | 111 m² | £2,297/m² | 2 |
| 148, Empress RoadTerraced | Mar 2023 | £153,000 | 85 m² | £1,800/m² | 1 |
| 150, Empress RoadTerraced | Sept 2024 | £310,000 | 116 m² | £2,672/m² | 4 |
| 153, Empress RoadTerraced | Oct 2019 | £150,000 | 82 m² | £1,829/m² | 2 |
| 154, Empress RoadOther | Dec 2020 | £950,000 | 103 m² | £9,223/m² | 3 |
| 155, Empress RoadTerraced | Dec 2016 | £91,000 | 113 m² | £805/m² | 1 |
| 159, Empress RoadTerraced | May 2015 | £96,500 | 76 m² | £1,270/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Edge Hill, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 210k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Hall Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 7); 34 departures an hour from the 6 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 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
55% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Whitefield Primary School (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 35.8 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (1.3 km) and Liverpool College (3.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (3.1 km) and St Anselm's College (6.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 8% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 550 m away, with Hall Lane News closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Brownlow Health At Kensington (350 m), with Kensington Hc Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Snowy's is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 600 m 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Royal Shenpagham is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Kensington Fields Community Centre the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 133 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 73 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 38% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
It's growing: about 136 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Henderson Green, 150 m away; for exercise, Sports and Fitness Centre (850 m).
54 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 14, North View | II | 120 m |
| 2, Edge Lane | II | 120 m |
| 13, North View | II | 120 m |
| 4 and 6, Edge Lane | II | 120 m |
| 8, Edge Lane | II | 120 m |
| 11 and 12, North View | II | 120 m |
| 10, Edge Lane | II | 130 m |
| 10, North View | II | 130 m |
| 8 and 9, North View | II | 140 m |
| All Saints' Vicarage | II | 140 m |
| 6 and 7, North View | II | 140 m |
| 12a, Edge Lane | II | 150 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
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%.
26 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 L7 8SF →
On this street: 0 of 105 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 | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 74.2% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 25.5% | 15.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 8.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 11 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 46 km.
Many neighbours rent: 41% of households rent privately and 36% socially.
It's young: 60% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 58% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Liverpool, 750 m away (TEF Gold).
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 59 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 44 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 109 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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