Boundary Lane Knowsley, West Lancashire
7 addresses across 3 postcodes (L33,WA11), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 19500139.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in West Lancashire cost £240,850 in August 2026 (+5.6% on a year); private rents averaged £805 a month.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (F: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Brown Birch Farm, is 100 m away.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Perimeter Road, Kirkby - Battery Energy Storage, is 140 m away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in West Lancashire costs £2,456 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Headbolt Lane, about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Northwood Forest Hills, is about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 43 to 49 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wingate Medical Centre, about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 710 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in West Lancashire
A typical home in West Lancashire cost £240,850 in August 2026, 5.6% more than a year before. That is 27% more than five years earlier and 42% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £379,602 |
| Semi-detached | £235,020 |
| Terraced | £182,007 |
| Flat or maisonette | £124,672 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £204,069 |
Private renters in West Lancashire paid £805 a month on average in September 2026, 5% more than a year before. That is 39% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £588 |
| Two bedrooms | £731 |
| Three bedrooms | £845 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,232 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 165 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Gas and electricity use
None of the street's postcodes has the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in West Lancashire in 2026-27: Band D £2,456 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,910 | £2,183 | £2,456 | £3,002 | £3,548 | £4,094 | £4,912 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (28% of about 2,450 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, St. Helens, West Lancashire.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former St Chad’s Clinic, Kirkby: up to 53 homes, permissioned (410 m (0.3 miles))
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 3 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perimeter Road, Kirkby - Battery Energy Storage Knowsley 25/00521/FUL | Battery storage | 165 MW | Planning application made Nov 2025 | 140 m |
| Cut Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Knowsley 25/00228/FUL | Battery storage | 57 MW | Planning application made Apr 2025 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Coopers Lane, Kirkby - Battery Storage Facility Knowsley 23/02008/FUL | Battery storage | 49.5 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Apr 2024 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Holiday Moss Landfill Gas Scheme | Landfill Gas | 2.9 MW | Operational May 1998 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Holiday Moss Gas to Energy II | Landfill Gas | 1.4 MW | Operational Apr 2000 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| L33 3AL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA11 7JG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| L33 7UF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
1 of the street's 3 postcodes is in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded; the rest are outside the coalfield.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: less than 1% (1); 1 to 3% (3).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 100 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Birch Farm St. Helens, Merseyside | until 1964 | Industrial, household, special (hazardous), liquid sludge | 100 m |
| Kirkby Moss Perimeter Road, Kirkby Moss, Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside | 1965 to 1975 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household, liquid sludge | 260 m |
| Mossborough Hall Mossborough Hall Lane, Rainford, St Helens, Merseyside | 1976 to 1981 | Inert | 280 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 43 m and 49 m above sea level (45 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L33 3AL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| L33 7UF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WA11 7JG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Headbolt Lane 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Kirkby (Merseyside) 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Rainford 26,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Prescot Bus Station | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Liverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle | 12.3 km (7.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 16.5 km (10 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Wingate Medical Centre Good Jun 2016 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Pharmacy | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | R A Kuncewicz And Associates | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Fairfield Hospital Good Jan 2017 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Care homes | Appleby Court Care Home Requires improvement May 2023 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Police station | Kirkby Police Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Loud Lab | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Northwood Forest Hills 14 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 570 m² | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Playing field | John O'Leary Pavilion 6.6 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,040 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Mossborough Hall moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mossborough Hall moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Moss Plantation | Wood | 470 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Brown Birches | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Charley Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Berry Hill | Hill | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south |
| Bickerstaffe Delf Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) north |
| Spring Vale | Valley | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 7 |
1 of the street's 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for West Lancashire: see them on the West Lancashire page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 428 childminders and 26 home childcarers (nannies) in Lancashire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (merseyside).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 1 to 8 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- L33 3AL: 4 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- WA11 7JG: 2 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- L33 7UF: 1 address of 56 in the postcode
All the streets in L33, WA11 and across West Lancashire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.