# L9 8HQ: area report for a postcode in Sefton

L9 8HQ is a postcode in Sefton.

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 Sefton. Open the map at L9 8HQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) › [L9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l9) › [L9 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l9-8)

## Around this postcode

- **16 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 16% on July. Sefton 035B: 95 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **Aintree, 710 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 410 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **No property in L9 8HQ 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=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Sefton 035B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **£224,289 average price**: For the whole of Sefton, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 760 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 600 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at L9 8HQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **Low road and rail noise at L9 8HQ**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **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=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ
- **15.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Foundations for LIFE School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/foundations-for-life-school-e151376) | Special | 410 m (5 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Longmoor Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longmoor-community-primary-school-e133334) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, July 2024 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [PANDA Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/school/panda-schools-e152154) | Special | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blessed-sacrament-catholic-primary-school-e141076) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Motiv8 School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-motiv8-school-e151569) | Special | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-salesian-academy-of-st-john-bosco-e149486) | Secondary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 34.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rice-lane-primary-school-and-nursery-e141937) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Archbishop Beck Catholic College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/archbishop-beck-catholic-college-e104717) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2025 | £249,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £285,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| March 2024 | £200,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| June 2025 | £287,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| January 2026 | £255,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| May 2024 | £245,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2026 | £250,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| October 2025 | £277,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Aintree (710 m, 9 minutes on foot); Orrell Park (820 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: AINTREE PARK GROUP PRACTICE (760 m); ORRELL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (770 m); POULTER ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (790 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (770 m); ORRELL PARK PHARMACY (810 m); GATELEY PHARMACY (840 m); NETHERTON PHARMACY (980 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (550 m); T AND T DENTAL (950 m)
- Supermarkets: Asda Bootle Orrell Lane Supermarket (600 m, Asda); Tesco Fazakerley Longmoor Ln Express (720 m, Tesco); Iceland Walton Vale (790 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £224,289** (July 2026). Sefton’s average house price was £224,289 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,937** (2025). Full-time workers living in Sefton earned a median of £36,937 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 120th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.1×** (2025). A home in Sefton costs 6.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 103rd 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: 25.1** (2025). Sefton has a deprivation score of 25.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 80th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Sefton 035B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 23.1** (2025). Sefton 035B has a deprivation score of 23.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,326th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £240,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sefton 035B was £240,000 in 2025. Joint 10,416th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,149** (2021). Sefton 035B had 2,149 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 3,355th most 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: 92.5%** (January 2026). In Sefton 035B, 92.5% 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.

## L9 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £153,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in L9 was £153,500 in 2025. 133rd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 31,840** (2021). L9 had 31,840 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 817th most 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 L9 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: 94.5%** (January 2026). In L9, 94.5% 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: [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton)
- Centre: 53.4693, -2.9638

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

## Your MP

- [Bootle](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bootle): Peter Dowd (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=-2.9638,53.4693,L98HQ

## How to cite

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