Coastal Road Sefton
7 addresses across 3 postcodes (PR8), about 4.6 km (2.9 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 34100683.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Sefton cost £221,105 in August 2026 (+2% on a year); private rents averaged £940 a month.
- Flood: 17 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, The Esplanade, is 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 1 times (0 hours) in 2025.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 200 m from its postcodes.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Crowland Street - Energy Recovery Park, is 4 km (2.5 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Sefton costs £2,583 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ainsdale, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 6 to 9 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ainsdale Medical Centre, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 580 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 6 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious.
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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 Sefton
A typical home in Sefton cost £221,105 in August 2026, 2% more than a year before. That is 23% more than five years earlier and 50% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £386,996 |
| Semi-detached | £246,240 |
| Terraced | £181,535 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,367 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £189,330 |
Private renters in Sefton paid £940 a month on average in September 2026, 5% more than a year before. That is 41% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £623 |
| Two bedrooms | £815 |
| Three bedrooms | £995 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,414 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 32,730 kWh of it on average in 2024, 165% more than the district's 12,348 kWh, and 7,422 kWh of electricity, 131% more than the district's 3,208 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR8 2JB | 15 | 6,407 kWh | 17 | 44,002 kWh |
| PR8 2HX | 11 | 9,217 kWh | 8 | 31,708 kWh |
| PR8 2PP | 13 | 3,164 kWh | 14 | 19,566 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is PR8.
Council tax
What each band costs in Sefton in 2026-27: Band D £2,583 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,722 | £2,009 | £2,296 | £2,583 | £3,157 | £3,731 | £4,305 | £5,166 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (19% of about 1,620 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, West Birkdale Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 29 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 40, LANCASTER ROAD, grade II
- THE ROUND HOUSE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowland Street - Energy Recovery Park Sefton DC/2021/02723 | Anaerobic digestion | Planning application made Nov 2021 | 4 km (2.5 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, 14 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PR8 2JB | not in 2 or 3 | 10 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| PR8 2HX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PR8 2PP | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 2 / 3 | 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
The nearest projected erosion zone is 200 m from the street's postcodes (by 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Managed realignment Great Ormes Head to Scotland | none (the line is held) | 200 m |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Managed realignment Great Ormes Head to Scotland | none (the line is held) | 200 m |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Great Ormes Head to Scotland | none (the line is held) | 200 m |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 1 time, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into The Irish Sea Via A Surface Water Sewer.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Road Cso 38055 United Utilities | The Irish Sea Via A Surface Water Sewer | 1 | 0 | 360 m |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Esplanade The Esplanade, Southport, Lancashire | 1979 to 1986 | Inert | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
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 14 addresses are between 6 m and 9 m above sea level (7 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR8 2HX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PR8 2JB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PR8 2PP | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ainsdale 892,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Hillside 642,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Birkdale 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Car parks | Co-op Ainsdale Car Park | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp Pulse | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 34 km (21 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ainsdale Medical Centre Good May 2026 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Hirshman's Chemist | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Fairfield Road Dental Practice | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Southport And Formby District General Hospital Requires improvement Nov 2019 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Care homes | Margaret Roper House Requires improvement Jan 2024 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Police station | Southport Police Station | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6,300 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,600 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.7 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Birkdale Hills | Hills | 730 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Little Ball's Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Big Ball's Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| West End Plantation | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south |
| Ainsdale Sands | Beach | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| The Bog Breast | Wetland | 4.9 km (3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 14 |
4 of the street's 14 addresses are 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 Sefton: see them on the Sefton page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreside Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 79% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 81% in 2024 and 72% in 2023) |
| Greenbank High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.9 (50.6 in 2025 and 50.0 in 2024); 46.6% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Birkdale High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 51.7 (51.9 in 2025 and 50.7 in 2024); 60% grade 5+ in English and maths |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
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 61 childminders and 7 home childcarers (nannies) in Sefton. 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
6 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 5 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 3 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist. 33% happened in the dark, and 17% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Dec 2025 19:00 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | Minor road, 20 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 6 Jun 2023 10:46 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 13 Nov 2022 13:00 | Slight | 2 people | Minor road, 20 mph | Daylight |
| 12 Nov 2022 15:40 | Serious | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 50 mph | Daylight |
| 9 Aug 2022 14:16 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 19 Dec 2021 16:15 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 7 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
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.