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On Kensington, in Edge Hill
What it's like at L7 8XB: every home that has sold on Kensington 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Kensington; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
44 of the 142 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 6, KensingtonSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2026 | £375,000 | 40 m² | £9,375/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2011 | £40,000 | 141 m² | £284/m² | 2 |
| 12, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2002 | £32,500 | 141 m² | £230/m² | 1 |
| 14, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | May 2021 | £98,000 | 142 m² | £690/m² | 2 |
| 16, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2019 | £175,000 | 184 m² | £951/m² | 1 |
| 20, KensingtonTerraced | Oct 2015 | £115,000 | 146 m² | £788/m² | 1 |
| 22, KensingtonTerraced | Aug 2002 | £22,000 | 129 m² | £171/m² | 3 |
| 26, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2020 | £190,000 | 138 m² | £1,377/m² | 3 |
| 28, KensingtonTerraced | Nov 2020 | £165,000 | 29 m² | £5,690/m² | 1 |
| 30, KensingtonTerraced | Apr 2008 | £90,000 | 135 m² | £667/m² | 2 |
| 32, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2016 | £110,000 | 47 m² | £2,340/m² | 4 |
| 38, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2001 | £20,000 | 142 m² | £141/m² | 2 |
| 42, KensingtonTerraced | Oct 2013 | £62,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 50, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | May 2025 | £275,000 | 45 m² | £6,111/m² | 1 |
| 52, KensingtonTerraced | Jul 1998 | £36,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60, KensingtonTerraced | Mar 2007 | £180,000 | 43 m² | £4,186/m² | 1 |
| 64, KensingtonOther · company-owned | Jan 2021 | £25,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Apartment 3, 64, KensingtonFlat | Feb 2008 | £77,500 | 51 m² | £1,520/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 1, 64, KensingtonFlat | Feb 2008 | £75,000 | 49 m² | £1,531/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 2, 64, KensingtonFlat · company-owned | Feb 2008 | £80,000 | 35 m² | £2,286/m² | 1 |
| 68, KensingtonTerraced | Aug 2017 | £70,000 | 216 m² | £324/m² | 1 |
| 70, KensingtonOther · company-owned | Jan 2021 | £25,000 | 41 m² | £610/m² | 7 |
| Apartment 1, 72, KensingtonFlat · company-owned | Feb 2008 | £77,500 | 37 m² | £2,095/m² | 1 |
| 72 - 74, KensingtonOther · company-owned | Jan 2021 | £25,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Apartment 2, 74, KensingtonFlat · company-owned | Feb 2008 | £80,000 | 38 m² | £2,105/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 1, 74, KensingtonFlat | Mar 2016 | £20,000 | 45 m² | £444/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 3, 74, KensingtonFlat · company-owned | Feb 2008 | £80,000 | 41 m² | £1,951/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 5, 74, KensingtonFlat | Dec 2008 | £70,000 | 51 m² | £1,373/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 4, 74, KensingtonFlat | Oct 2012 | £22,000 | 38 m² | £579/m² | 2 |
| 76, KensingtonOther · company-owned | Jan 2021 | £25,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Apartment 2, 76, KensingtonFlat · company-owned | Feb 2008 | £80,000 | 41 m² | £1,951/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 1, 76, KensingtonFlat | May 2018 | £25,000 | 45 m² | £556/m² | 6 |
| Apartment 3, 76, KensingtonFlat | Feb 2008 | £75,500 | 52 m² | £1,452/m² | 1 |
| 78, KensingtonTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2015 | £73,500 | 126 m² | £583/m² | 2 |
| 80, KensingtonTerraced | Aug 2018 | £295,000 | 142 m² | £2,077/m² | 1 |
| 82, KensingtonOther · company-owned | Mar 2019 | £294,000 | 144 m² | £2,042/m² | 3 |
| 84, KensingtonSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £205,000 | – | – | 4 |
The nearest station is Liverpool Lime Street Low Level, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km).
The nearest bus stop is Guelph Place, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 10A, 10B, 10, 9); 132 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 (150 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, 1.2 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, 250 m away, with Mohan Mini Market closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kensington Park General Practice (500 m), with Davey's Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Snowy's is 400 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.
Detrioter / Dessert Club is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Kensington Fields Community Centre the nearest pub (150 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 Battenberg Street Green, 200 m away; for exercise, Momentum Leisure (550 m).
51 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of the Sacred Heart | II | 160 m |
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
27 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 8XB →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kensington in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 83 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 15 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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.