L3 4EB Liverpool
Live postcode, introduced December 1997. Ward: Waterfront South. Region: North West.
Streets
- Coburg Wharf, Liverpool: 21 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Liverpool in 2026-27: Band D £2,674 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,782 | £2,079 | £2,377 | £2,674 | £3,268 | £3,862 | £4,456 | £5,347 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (34% of about 1,920 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): The Liverpool (Anfield, Central, Greenbank, Kensington and Fairfield, Picton, Princess Park, Riverside, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft and Wavertree wards and parts of Kirkdale and Church wards) (Article 4(1)) Direction 2020.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- DOCK RETAINING WALLS, SOUTH FERRY BASIN, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land Adjacent To The Keel, Kings Parade / Halftide Wharf Kings Dock (330 m)
- Land Between Bridgewater Street / Simpson Street / Watkinson Street (690 m)
- Land Bordered By Kings Dock Street, Sparling Street & Wapping, Liverpool, L1 8LE (730 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 20 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 20 homes the Environment Agency counts, 20 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 5 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Brunswick 847,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km |
| Liverpool James Street 3.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km | |
| Liverpool Central 15 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 29 within 800 m; nearest Queens Dock Toxteth | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Liverpool ONE Bus Station | 1.2 km |
| Ferry terminal | Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal | 1.5 km |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m; nearest Kings Dock Car Park | 410 m |
| EV charging points | 10 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 790 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 11.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St. James' Health Centre | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Riverside Pharmacy | 1.1 km |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest 28 Argyle Street [Dental Practice] | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | Liverpool Women's Hospital | 2.0 km |
| Police station | Merseyside Police | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | BT Kiosk jct Duke Street / Nelson Street- Liverpool Cashzone | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,640 m² | 770 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 740 m² | 660 m |
| Playing field | Admiral Park 9,850 m² | 1.6 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 850 m² | 1.6 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Former Warehouse at Wapping Dock, a listed building (Grade II*), 660 m north. 24 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Former Warehouse at Wapping Dock | Listed building, Grade II* | 660 m north |
| Roman Catholic Church of Saint Vincent de Paul | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m north-east |
| Church of St James | Listed building, Grade II* | 930 m east |
| Britannia Pavilion and the Colonnades, Albert Dock | Listed building, Grade I | 1.0 km north |
| St James's Gardens (Formerly St James's Cemetery) | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 1.2 km north-east |
| Birkenhead Priory | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km west |
| Princes Park, Liverpool | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.3 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| South Ferry Basin | Tidal water | 110 m south |
| Wapping Basin | Lake or reservoir | 880 m north |
| The Princess Dock | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km west |
| Priory Wood | Wood | 3.0 km south-east |
| Devil's Bank | Wetland | 3.8 km south-east |
| Storeton Hill | Hill | 4.8 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 21 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 21 |
21 of the postcode's 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 0% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 26% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 13% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 68% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Coburg Wharf.