Hoylake

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 5° · 56% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:35

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

45 reported · August 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Public order7
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson5

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hoylake and Meols · Merseyside

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)

168 food businesses within 2 miles

• 145 rated 4–5 ★ (124 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hoylake (0.1 km)
• 13 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: 159.9p · Esso (1.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (1.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: o/s Gables End 1a, The Kings Gap (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

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

• In a conservation area (Meols Drive Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 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)

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,525 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £26,724 avg

e.g. Work from Home Independent Contractor, Early Years Educator - Kids Planet Hoylake, Supply Early Years Educator - Kids Planet Hoylake

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Gas 27% · Nuclear 26% · Imports 3%

105 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 · 2 pharmacies in CH47

• Hoylake & Meols Medical Ctr

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

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