Hammond Road Kirkby, Knowsley
38 addresses across 4 postcodes (L33), about 430 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 19500567.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Knowsley cost £191,550 in August 2026 (+1.6% on a year); private rents averaged £860 a month.
- Flood: 6 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.
- Energy projects: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Perimeter Road, Kirkby - Battery Energy Storage, is 470 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Knowsley costs £2,488 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 59% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Headbolt Lane, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Northwood Forest Hills, is about 710 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 38 to 40 m above sea level.
- Noise: 15 of its 38 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wingate Medical Centre, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 57% of households owned their home and 18% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was 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 Knowsley
A typical home in Knowsley cost £191,550 in August 2026, 1.6% more than a year before. That is 25% more than five years earlier and 63% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £305,093 |
| Semi-detached | £201,409 |
| Terraced | £155,316 |
| Flat or maisonette | £98,202 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £177,210 |
Private renters in Knowsley paid £860 a month on average in September 2026, 11% more than a year before. That is 44% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £602 |
| Two bedrooms | £769 |
| Three bedrooms | £932 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,329 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 Knowsley in 2026-27: Band D £2,488 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,659 | £1,935 | £2,212 | £2,488 | £3,041 | £3,594 | £4,147 | £4,977 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (72% of about 680 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.
Energy projects nearby
3 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 | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Coopers Lane, Kirkby - Battery Storage Facility Knowsley 23/02008/FUL | Battery storage | 49.5 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Apr 2024 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Liverpool Road, Bickerstaffe - Biomass boiler West Lancashire 2021/0202/FUL | Biomass | 0.5 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Apr 2021 | 4.4 km (2.7 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
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 18 November 2026: KNOWSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 4 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 7UL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| L33 7UZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 4 / 1 | unlikely |
| L33 7TW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 1 | unlikely |
| L33 7UW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | 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
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
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 38 addresses are between 38 m and 40 m above sea level (39 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L33 7TW | 100% | 59% | 59% | 0% |
| L33 7UL | 100% | 25% | 25% | 0% |
| L33 7UW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| L33 7UZ | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Headbolt Lane 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Kirkby (Merseyside) 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Rainford 26,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ashcroft Road Knowsley Industrial Park | 10 m |
| Bus or coach station | Prescot Bus Station | 7.2 km (4.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Liverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle | 11.2 km (6.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 16.9 km (10 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wingate Medical Centre Good Jun 2016 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rowlands Pharmacy | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest R A Kuncewicz And Associates | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Ashworth Hospital Healthcare Registry | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Care homes | Appleby Court Care Home Requires improvement May 2023 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Kirkby Police Station | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Loud Lab | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Northwood Forest Hills 14 ha | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 490 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | John O'Leary Pavilion 6.6 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,040 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 14 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Charley Wood | Wood | 940 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Woodwards Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Acorn Field Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Old Rough | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Bickerstaffe Delf Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north |
| Berry Hill | Hill | 4 km (2.5 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 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 |
| 55 to 59 | 14 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 38 |
15 of the street's 38 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 Knowsley: see them on the Knowsley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marie's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 36% in 2024 and 46% in 2023) |
| Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 51% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 56% in 2023) |
| Eastcroft Park School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 52% in 2024 and 63% in 2023) |
| All Saints Catholic High School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 40.6 (40.6 in 2025 and 42.7 in 2024); 33.2% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: progress average |
| Park Brow Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 40% in 2024 and 50% in 2023) |
| St Laurence's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 61% in 2023) |
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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.8 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playtots L33 9TW | Full day care | 16 | Good (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Bright Horizons Kirkby Day Nursery and Preschool L33 7ET | Full day care | 67 | Outstanding (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 54 childminders and 3 home childcarers (nannies) in Knowsley. 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandys Conservatory Cafe L33 7TW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 130 m | 4 Good | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Sovs Takeaway Snacks L33 7RU | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 150 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 26 Jun 2025 |
| The Lids Catering & Co L33 7UH | Other catering premises | 210 m | 5 Very good | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Tony O's L33 7UH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 5 Very good | 4 Dec 2025 |
| The Nook Bistro L33 7TJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | 4 Good | 28 May 2025 |
| Playtots L34 6HD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 350 m | 5 Very good | 9 Jul 2025 |
| Mersey Brew L33 7UY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Matalan Distribution Centre (Warehouse) | Distributors/Transporters | 460 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (merseyside).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 2025 09:37 | Serious | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
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 | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 25% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 16% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 32% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: KNOWSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 18 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- L33 7UL: 23 addresses of 31 in the postcode
- L33 7UZ: 10 addresses of 76 in the postcode
- L33 7TW: 3 addresses of 84 in the postcode
- L33 7UW: 2 addresses
Nearby streets
Bradman Road · Ashcroft Road · Woodward Road · Woodward Road · Stockpit Road · Draw Well Road · Birchill Road
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.