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Lydiate

Lydiate is a village in Merseyside, England. It has around 1 school, 1 GP surgery or clinic and 10 restaurants or cafés, 33 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Maghull North, 1.9 km away. There were around 21 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lydiate area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Sefton area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 279,233 residents at roughly 1,783 people per km².

Council
Sefton
County
Merseyside
Constituency
Sefton Central
Police force
Merseyside
40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 231st of 294 English council areas — better than 21% of them.

Low crime45
Home affordability69
Affordable rents56
Good schools37
Life expectancy30
Low deprivation28
Employment36
Low council tax16

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 15° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:35

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

18 reported · July 2026 36% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences11
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Park · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • Youth Related Anti-social Behaviour and Youth violence around Coronation Road shops.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

126 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 110 rated 4–5 ★ (94 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Maghull North (2.7 km)
  • 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Maghull North (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£225,433 average 5.2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-06

Detached£400,086
Semi-detached£250,139
Terraced£184,254
Flat£127,660

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (7 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

48 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Meadows Leisure Centre (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches21
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,722
B £2,009
C £2,296
D £2,583
E £3,157
F £3,731
G £4,305
H £5,166

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreGood
  • Formby High SchoolGood
  • Greenbank High SchoolGood
  • Hillside High SchoolGood
  • King's Leadership Academy HawthornesGood
  • Litherland High SchoolGood
  • Maghull High SchoolGood
  • Maricourt Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Meols Cop High SchoolGood
  • Range High SchoolGood
  • St Michaels Church of England AcademyInadequate
  • The Salesian Academy of St John BoscoInadequate
  • Birkdale High School
  • Chesterfield High School
  • Deyes High School
  • Holy Family Catholic High School
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
  • Stanley High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sefton

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

256 applications decided

90.6% granted · 232 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • Parks & greens20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

14 jobs advertised · £27,456 avg

e.g. Become a Tennis Tutor in Lydiate – Flexible & Remote, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Lydiate – Flexible Schedule, Online Personal trainers Tutoring Job in Lydiate – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Lydiate · 0.7 km

    Lydiate is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It is located 1.5 miles (2 km) north of Maghull, with which it has a common history. At the 2001 Census the civil par…

  • Lordship of Lydiate · 0.7 km

    The manor of Lydiate is situated about 10 miles (16 km) from Liverpool on the Southport Road.

  • Scotch Piper Inn · 0.7 km

    The Scotch Piper Inn in Lydiate, Merseyside, England, is the oldest pub in the historic county of Lancashire. The building dates from 1320 and is a Grade II* listed building.

  • St Catherine's Chapel, Lydiate · 0.8 km

    St Catherine's Chapel, known locally as Lydiate Abbey, is a ruined chapel located in Lydiate, Merseyside, England. The Chapel is situated on the A5147, adjacent to the Scotch Piper Inn. It is a Grade II* listed buildi…

  • Lydiate Hall · 1.1 km

    Lydiate Hall was a 16th-century hall in Lydiate, Merseyside, England. The hall was a black-and-white half-timbered house, and was similar in design to Speke Hall. The hall was accompanied by a private chapel. It was a…

  • Lydiate railway station · 1.3 km

    Lydiate railway station was a station located on the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway off Carr Lane, just outside Lydiate. The Merseyside and Lancashire border runs down the stream alongside Altcar Lane, w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lydiate?
Lydiate is a town in Merseyside, England, in the Sefton local authority.
How deprived is Lydiate?
The Sefton local authority, which includes Lydiate, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.