# CH41 8HN: area report for a postcode in Wirral

CH41 8HN is a postcode in Wirral.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Wirral. Open the map at CH41 8HN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) › [CH41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch41) › [CH41 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch41-8)

## Around this postcode

- **29 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 38% on July. Wirral 010G: 288 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **Birkenhead North, 660 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **No property in CH41 8HN listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Wirral 010G. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **£221,849 average price**: For the whole of Wirral, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CH41 8HN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **Low road and rail noise at CH41 8HN**: Road 54 dB, rail 40 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN
- **14.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Co-op Academy Portland](https://openindex.co.uk/school/co-op-academy-portland-e144632) | Primary | 280 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-and-st-edwards-catholic-primary-school-e105086) | Primary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kilgarth School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kilgarth-school-e105130) | Special | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | – |
| [Wirral Hospitals' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wirral-hospitals-school-e151260) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2024 | – |
| [Birkenhead Sixth Form College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birkenhead-sixth-form-college-e144829) | Sixth form and further education | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Bidston Avenue Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bidston-avenue-primary-school-e151405) | Primary | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Holy Cross Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-cross-catholic-primary-school-e105087) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2022 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Anselm's College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-anselms-college-e136780) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, March 2025 | Attainment 8 of 63.1 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £203,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| March 2026 | £190,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| August 2024 | £150,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| March 2024 | £200,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| September 2023 | £65,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| February 2025 | £90,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |
| November 2025 | £95,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |
| November 2023 | £72,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Birkenhead North (660 m, 8 minutes on foot); Birkenhead Park (800 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE (350 m); MIRIAM PRIMARY CARE GROUP (350 m); PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP (460 m)
- Pharmacies: WELL (350 m); CLAUGHTON PHARMACY (460 m)
- Dental practices: PARK ROAD NORTH DENTAL SURGERY (470 m); CLAUGHTON DENTAL CENTRE (640 m)
- Supermarkets: Aldi Laird Street Claughton Birkenhead (260 m, Aldi); Iceland Birkenhead Stanley Rd (730 m, Iceland); Asda Birkenhead Stanley Road Supermarket (750 m, Asda); Tesco Claughton Express (860 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £221,849** (July 2026). Wirral’s average house price was £221,849 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £38,010** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wirral earned a median of £38,010 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 158th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Wirral costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 27.5** (2025). Wirral has a deprivation score of 27.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 57th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wirral 010G (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 61.3** (2025). Wirral 010G has a deprivation score of 61.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 869th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,256** (2021). Wirral 010G had 1,256 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,592nd least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.3%** (January 2026). In Wirral 010G, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 5.7%** (August 2026). In Wirral 010G, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## CH41 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £121,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CH41 was £121,500 in 2025. 27th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 20,697** (2021). CH41 had 20,697 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,340th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CH41 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.2%** (January 2026). In CH41, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)
- Centre: 53.4008, -3.0497

Council: [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Birkenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birkenhead): Alison McGovern (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-3.0497,53.4008,CH418HN

## How to cite

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