Birkenhead

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• Today: 19° / 9° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:37

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

468 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences168
• Shoplifting58
• Public order50
• Anti-social behaviour45

199 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Birkenhead and Tranmere · Merseyside

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

342 reported road collisions (2024)

85 killed or seriously injured · 421 casualties · 10.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 368 rated 4–5 ★ (298 top)
• 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Hamilton Square (0.1 km)
• 69 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£215,575 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Wirral · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£852 average monthly rent▲ 6.8% YoY

• 1 bed £567
• 2 bed £734
• 3 bed £897

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (2.9 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Elgin Way Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

320,199 residents in Wirral · 1,990/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 77 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,501 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (40% of 152,090)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

136 schools · 50,451 pupils

90 primary · 19 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 49 of 63 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

125inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wirral

324 CQC-registered services

• Care homes112
• GP practices63
• Dentists67
• Homecare agencies52
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wirral

• In a conservation area (Hamilton Square Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 142 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

231 applications decided

89.2% granted · 206 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alison McGovern

Labour

Birkenhead

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 26
• Con 14
• LD 6
• Grn 14
• Ref 3
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens25
• Restaurants & cafés52

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

503 jobs advertised · £37,116 avg

e.g. Croupier, Maths Tutors Required Birkenhead, Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,294 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 161,783 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 74% · Gas 14% · Nuclear 9% · Solar 3%

55 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.1 women · 59.1 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Birkenhead:

• Ban the sale of helium balloons1,185 local signatures · 3,730 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office450 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership384 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s340 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth298 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Birkenhead War Memorial · 0.0 km

  Birkenhead War Memorial, or Birkenhead Cenotaph, stands in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, opposite the Town Hall. It consists of a cenotaph in Portland stone with carved figures and panels in Westmo…

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  Birkenhead · 0.1 km

  Birkenhead is an industrial port town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. It lies within the hi…

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  Queen Victoria Monument, Birkenhead · 0.1 km

  The Queen Victoria Monument stands in the centre of Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is in the form of an Eleanor cross. The memorial was designed by Edmund Kirby, and was unveiled in 1905.…

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  Hamilton Square · 0.1 km

  Hamilton Square is a town square in Birkenhead, Wirral, England. The Georgian square, which was designed by Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham, has the most Grade I listed buildings outside London. It is named…

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  Statue of John Laird · 0.1 km

  The Statue of John Laird stands on the west side of Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It commemorates the life of John Laird, a local ship builder, politician and benefactor. The statue was sculpted by…

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  Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station · 0.2 km

  Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station serves the town of Birkenhead, in Merseyside, England, on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. The station is close to Hamilton Square in Birkenhead.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)