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Eccleston
What it's like at WA10 5HG: every home that has sold on the 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Thatto Heath, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 149k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Acacia Grove, 250 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (route 25); 4 departures an hour from the 5 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 (under 50 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, 850 m away.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (11.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 950 m away, with Boston News and Booze closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Eccleston Medical Centre (1.0 km), with Hollowood Chemists the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Haus of Hair is 600 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 (350 m), and Griffin Inn the nearest pub (500 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, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Core Wellness Studio - Pregnancy & Postnatal Pilates & Physiotherapy (600 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.
20 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.
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%.
2 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 5HG →
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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.0% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.7% | 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.
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