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On The Spires, in Eccleston
What it's like at WA10 5GA: every home that has sold on The Spires 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 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 The Spires; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 43 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, The SpiresDetached | Dec 2005 | £430,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, The SpiresDetached | Dec 2006 | £495,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, The SpiresDetached | Oct 2003 | £360,000 | 227 m² | £1,586/m² | 1 |
| 7, The SpiresDetached | Jan 2003 | £380,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, The SpiresDetached | Feb 2025 | £485,000 | 113 m² | £4,292/m² | 3 |
| 9, The SpiresDetached | Jun 2003 | £350,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, The SpiresDetached | Nov 2017 | £296,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, The SpiresDetached | Mar 2016 | £300,000 | 125 m² | £2,400/m² | 2 |
| 17, The SpiresDetached | Sept 2018 | £355,000 | 203 m² | £1,749/m² | 2 |
| 19, The SpiresDetached | Dec 2006 | £360,000 | 165 m² | £2,182/m² | 2 |
| 20, The SpiresDetached | Dec 2003 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, The SpiresDetached | Oct 2016 | £297,500 | 113 m² | £2,633/m² | 2 |
| 22, The SpiresDetached | Dec 2003 | £240,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, The SpiresTerraced | Mar 2018 | £190,000 | 101 m² | £1,881/m² | 2 |
| 24, The SpiresDetached | Feb 2026 | £435,000 | 112 m² | £3,884/m² | 4 |
| 25, The SpiresTerraced | Jun 2004 | £195,000 | 120 m² | £1,625/m² | 1 |
| 26, The SpiresDetached | Feb 2004 | £298,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, The SpiresTerraced | Apr 2010 | £180,000 | 125 m² | £1,440/m² | 1 |
| 28, The SpiresDetached | Sept 2020 | £395,000 | 198 m² | £1,995/m² | 3 |
| 29, The SpiresDetached | Dec 2005 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, The SpiresDetached | Jun 2024 | £535,000 | 169 m² | £3,166/m² | 3 |
| 31, The SpiresSemi-detached | May 2005 | £132,000 | 66 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 32, The SpiresDetached | Jun 2026 | £425,000 | 112 m² | £3,795/m² | 2 |
| 33, The SpiresSemi-detached | May 2026 | £167,500 | 67 m² | £2,500/m² | 3 |
| 34, The SpiresDetached | Sept 2005 | £285,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 36, The SpiresTerraced | Oct 2019 | £200,000 | 101 m² | £1,980/m² | 2 |
| 37, The SpiresTerraced | May 2025 | £175,000 | 66 m² | £2,652/m² | 3 |
| 38, The SpiresTerraced | Oct 2017 | £180,000 | 101 m² | £1,782/m² | 2 |
| 39, The SpiresTerraced | May 2005 | £94,500 | 66 m² | £1,432/m² | 1 |
| 40, The SpiresTerraced | Jun 2021 | £224,950 | 102 m² | £2,205/m² | 2 |
| 42, The SpiresTerraced | Mar 2024 | £265,000 | 111 m² | £2,387/m² | 5 |
| 44, The SpiresTerraced | Dec 2004 | £198,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, The SpiresTerraced | Dec 2015 | £175,000 | 107 m² | £1,636/m² | 3 |
| 48, The SpiresTerraced | Jun 2024 | £278,000 | 106 m² | £2,623/m² | 3 |
| 50, The SpiresTerraced | Oct 2023 | £265,000 | 110 m² | £2,409/m² | 3 |
| 51, The SpiresFlat | Jul 2018 | £91,000 | 52 m² | £1,750/m² | 1 |
| 52, The SpiresTerraced | Dec 2004 | £188,100 | 107 m² | £1,758/m² | 1 |
| 53, The SpiresFlat | Aug 2008 | £106,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, The SpiresTerraced | May 2017 | £182,000 | 139 m² | £1,309/m² | 2 |
| 55, The SpiresFlat | Mar 2017 | £70,000 | 39 m² | £1,795/m² | 1 |
| 56, The SpiresTerraced | Oct 2024 | £250,000 | 100 m² | £2,500/m² | 3 |
| 57, The SpiresFlat | Jun 2009 | £60,000 | 60 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 59, The SpiresFlat | Oct 2007 | £140,000 | 63 m² | £2,222/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Thatto Heath, a short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 149k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is The Spires, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 750, 743, 791, 792); 18 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Julie's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Bleak Hill Primary School (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is De La Salle School, 750 m away.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (11.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 750 m away, with Boston News and Booze closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Eccleston Medical Centre (750 m), with Hollowood Chemists the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Be Beautiful Hair & Beauty Salon is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Whiston Hospital, 4.2 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 5 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Cornerstone Food Pantry is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Griffin Inn the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 2% flats and 27% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Eccleston Branchline Linear Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, Eccleston Mere Syndicate Fishery (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 15 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 35 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 56% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% 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.
13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Christ Church | II | 200 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.
St Helens South and Whiston constituency: Ms Marie Rimmer MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,945 (31.4%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 18%, Independent 11%, Conservative 8%.
3 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 WA10 5GA →
On this street: 0 of 31 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% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.9% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.7% | 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 51 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 34 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 43 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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