Hightown (Sefton)

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:36

9h 21m 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

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Manor · Merseyside

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

312 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 11.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hightown (0.3 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£221,105 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£938 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £622
• 2 bed £814
• 3 bed £993

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,475 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: 155.9p · BP (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (10.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Eurogarages Ince Blundell (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

279,233 residents in Sefton · 1,783/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,641
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,564
• Net moves+3,077

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 110 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 131,350)

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

116 schools · 41,789 pupils

74 primary · 18 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 40 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sefton

289 CQC-registered services

• Care homes112
• GP practices54
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies50
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sefton

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

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

267 applications decided

95.5% granted · 255 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Bill Esterson

Labour

Sefton Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 36
• LD 17
• Grn 3
• Ref 4
• Oth 6

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

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,038 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 140,983 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 19% · Solar 9%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.5 women · 59 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in L38

• Hightown Village Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices758 local signatures · 8,814 nationwide
• Add specific content on men’s mental health to RSE & health guidance for schools271 local signatures · 2,991 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth240 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018200 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND188 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Hightown, Merseyside · 0.2 km

  Hightown is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, located midway between the city of Liverpool and the coastal resort of Southport. It is 8 mi (13 km) north of Liverp…

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  Hightown railway station · 0.3 km

  Hightown railway station serves the village of Hightown in Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

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  Altcar Training Camp · 0.7 km

  Altcar Training Camp is located in Hightown, Merseyside, England. The 620-acre (250 ha) estate is composed of beaches, marshland, fields and small woods. The range is run by the North West Reserve Forces & Cadets Asso…

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  Altcar Rifle Range railway station · 0.9 km

  Altcar Rifle Range railway station was a railway station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, situated a third of a mile north of Hightown, Merseyside. The station served the nearby Altcar Rifle Range.

• Crosby Battery · 1.4 km

  Crosby Battery, also known as Crosby Point Battery and Fort Crosby, was an artillery battery situated between Crosby and Hightown in Lancashire, United Kingdom. The battery was used for port defence and anti-aircraft…

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  Formby Lighthouse · 1.8 km

  Formby Lighthouse was a lighthouse station in Little Altcar, Merseyside.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)