Latitude: 53.3699 / 53°22'11"N
Longitude: -3.1545 / 3°9'16"W
OS Eastings: 323282
OS Northings: 386509
OS Grid: SJ232865
Mapcode National: GBR 6YDG.VQ
Mapcode Global: WH766.JK2F
Plus Code: 9C5R9R9W+W6
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83ki18
What Three Birds: waterthrush.nighthawk.stilt
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
CH48 8BL is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in West Kirby, Wirral. It was first introduced in June 1999.
The most common council tax band is C.
Residential buildings are typically terraced (including end-terrace), detached and semi-detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £118,972 to £416,911 with an average of £205,952.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1950 and 1966 and between 1967 and 1975.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are mostly a mix of owner occupied and privately rented.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are E, C and D.
Commercial rateable values range from £1,175 to £4,400 with an average of £3,381. The most common recorded business types are Shop and Guides Hut.
West Kirby is a town, which had a population of 14,959 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 19 people resident in CH48 8BL, of which 12 were male and 7 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
CH48 8BL is in the Birkenhead travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Wirral Primary Care Trust.
CH48 8BL is approximately 26m (85ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in CH48 8BL
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing CH48 8BL
6a4: Suburbanites - Suburban Achievers - Ageing in Suburbia
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for CH48 8BL
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
2/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
2/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Supermarkets near CH48 8BL include Aldi, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of CH48 8BL are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Metropolitan District
Wirral Borough Council
Ward
West Kirby and Thurstaston
Councillors
Jeff Green (Conservative)
Jennifer Johnson (Conservative)
Simon R Mountney (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Wirral West
MP
Margaret Greenwood (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for CH48 8BL.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near CH48 8BL.
Black Horse Hill Infant School
Saughall Massie Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 6DR
Community School
Ages 3 - 7
Outstanding
Black Horse Hill Junior School
Saughall Massie Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 6DR
Community School
Ages 7 - 11
Good
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School
St Bridget's Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 3JT
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 4 - 11
Outstanding
Greasby Junior School
Mill Lane, Greasby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 3AR
Community School
Ages 7 - 11
Outstanding
West Kirby Primary School
Anglesey Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 5EQ
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Hilbre High School
Frankby Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 6EQ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Calday Grange Grammar School
Grammar School Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 8GG
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
West Kirby Grammar School
Graham Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 5DP
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Pensby High School
Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 6XN
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Upton Hall School FCJ
Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 6LJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Woodchurch High School
Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 7NG
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Ridgeway High School
Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 9EB
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Birkenhead High School Academy
86 Devonshire Place, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 1TY
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 3 - 19
Outstanding
St Anselm's College
Manor Hill, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 1UQ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Birkenhead Park School
Park Road South, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UY
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 16
Needs improvement
The overall school grade in this area is high.