Hightown (Sefton)

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 14° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:35

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Manor · Merseyside

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

297 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 382 casualties · 10.6 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

£225,433 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£935 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £621
• 2 bed £811
• 3 bed £990

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (8.4 km)

10 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 89 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sefton

287 CQC-registered services

• Care homes111
• 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)

256 applications decided

90.6% granted · 232 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

9,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% 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

62% low-carbon electricity

Gas 35% · Solar 21% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 18%

139 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices602 local signatures · 7,817 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office336 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership282 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test276 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s259 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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)