Farriers Way Bootle, Sefton
60 addresses across 8 postcodes (L30,L75), about 550 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 34103268.
- Flood: 12 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Sefton costs £2,583 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Aintree, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 26 to 29 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 60 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Aintree Park Group Practice, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 1,300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 42% of households owned their home and 24% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 65 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2023 | COMBEN HOUSE L30 4XL | Other | £3,360,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Jan 2023 | 56 L30 4XL | Other | £1,050,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Dec 2018 | COMBEN HOUSE L30 4XL | Other | £1,000,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 A (40% of about 1,560 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: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Service Station, 146, Park Lane, Netherton, not permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 27 October 2026 to 28 October 2026: United Utilities Water Ltd, Remedial works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 8 September 2026 to 9 September 2026: MANWEB, Remedial works, some carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
- 24 August 2026 to 29 August 2026: MANWEB, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 9 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| L30 4XL | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 3 / 16 | unlikely |
| L30 4UA | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
| L30 4AJ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| L30 4YD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| L30 4XE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| L75 1AX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| L75 1AY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| L75 1ZX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 60 addresses are between 26 m and 29 m above sea level (27 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L30 4AJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| L30 4UA | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| L30 4XE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| L30 4XL | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| L30 4YD | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Aintree 977,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Orrell Park 976,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | |
| Rice Lane 423,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 26 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Farriers Way Netherton | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bootle Bus Station | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Liverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Car parks | NCP Bootle Court Merton Road | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 12 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 17.3 km (11 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Aintree Park Group Practice | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Netherton Pharmacy | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tsao Dental Practice | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | First Response Team, Clock View Hospital | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Copy Lane Police Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Target Food Store | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.8 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 30 m² | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.2 ha | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 4.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Derby Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Derby Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Buckley Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Gladstone Branch Dock Number 1 | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) south-west |
| Grain Dock | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south-west |
| Gladstone Passage | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) south-west |
| Lime tree Woods | Wood | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) east |
| Marine Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 59 | 60 |
1 of the street's 60 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 Sefton: see them on the Sefton page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–16 | 450 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Requires improvement (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Litherland Moss Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Springwell Park Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Outstanding (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Longmoor Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Oct 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Litherland High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Oswald's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Greenacre Community Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homebaked Horse Box L30 4XL | Mobile caterer | 200 m | 5 Very good | 2 Apr 2024 |
| Matcha Culture Ltd L30 4UE | Retailers - other | 240 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Early Learners Day Nursery L30 4XS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 330 m | 5 Very good | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Simply Delicious L30 4XS | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 380 m | 5 Very good | 9 May 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 51 |
| Other crime | 6 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bridle Road (64); On or near Farriers Way (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 42% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 47% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 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) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 1 to 4 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
- L30 4XL: 49 addresses of 51 in the postcode
- L30 4UA: 3 addresses of 74 in the postcode
- L30 4AJ: 2 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- L30 4YD: 2 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- L30 4XE: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
- L75 1AX: 1 address
- L75 1AY: 1 address
- L75 1ZX: 1 address
Nearby streets
Bridle Road · South Atlantic Avenue · George Masters Way · Panama Avenue · Bridle Way
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.
- 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.