Heswall

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:33

9h 15m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

• 5.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

36 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Other theft5
• Public order4

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

343 reported road collisions (2025)

81 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 10.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

144 food businesses within 2 miles

• 121 rated 4–5 ★ (107 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Heswall (1.6 km)
• 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£221,673 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across Wirral · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£859 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £572
• 2 bed £740
• 3 bed £905

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,300 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (6.9 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Wirral (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses1
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,405
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,533
• Net moves+1,872

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 106 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wirral

325 CQC-registered services

• Care homes113
• GP practices65
• Dentists67
• Homecare agencies51
• Hospitals & hospices7

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wirral

• Not in the Green Belt
• 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

225 applications decided

89.3% granted · 201 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Matthew Patrick

Labour

Wirral West

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 & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,525 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

19 jobs advertised · £31,312 avg

e.g. Dog Groomer, Office Cleaners, Festive Colleague - Twilights - Heswall Superstore

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 19% · Imports 3%

77 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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in CH60

• Myrtle Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wirral West:

• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects643 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Ban the sale of helium balloons301 local signatures · 3,791 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases237 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks208 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills186 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05