Lillyfield Heswall, Wirral
14 addresses across 2 postcodes (CH60), about 320 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 44502082.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £835,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 G; Band D in Wirral costs £2,501 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 44% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Heswall, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Wirral Country Park, is about 170 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 26 to 32 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 14 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Myrtle Group Practice, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 65% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £835,000 | £835,000 | £835,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £670,000 | £670,000 | £670,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £530,000 | £410,000 | £650,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £315,000 | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £315,000 | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £225,000 | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2016 | WHITE HORSES, 1 CH60 8NT | Detached | £835,000 | |
| 21 Jun 2004 | 7 CH60 8NT | Detached | £670,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2003 | 5 CH60 8NT | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 16 Jan 2003 | FOXBANK, 17 CH60 8NT | Detached | £410,000 | |
| 8 Feb 2001 | 8 CH60 8NT | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 17 Jul 1998 | INGLEWOOD, 6 CH60 8NT | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 24 Apr 1997 | 15 CH60 8NT | Detached | £225,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 267 m². Most common: House, detached (4). Built: 1930-1949 (1); 1976-1982 (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Wirral in 2026-27: Band D £2,501 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,667 | £1,945 | £2,223 | £2,501 | £3,056 | £3,612 | £4,168 | £5,001 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (42% of about 670 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)
- 44 Well Lane, Gayton: up to 1 home, permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
- 78 Dawstone Road, Gayton, Wirral, CH60 8ND: up to 2 homes, permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH60 8NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| CH60 8PB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 26 m and 32 m above sea level (28 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH60 8NT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CH60 8PB | 100% | 44% | 44% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Heswall 91,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Neston 41,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Bromborough Rake 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Baskervyle Road Gayton | 300 m |
| Bus or coach station | Heswall Bus Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal | 10.6 km (6.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Rocky Lane South Car Park | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Chester Road Car Park GeniePoint | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 16.8 km (10 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Myrtle Group Practice | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sandstone Wirral LTD | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Murrayfield Hospital | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Bebington Police Station | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 137 Telegraph Road Lloyds Bank | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wirral Country Park 45 ha | 170 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 340 m² | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,310 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | The Ropewalk Allotments 1,340 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 45 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Gayton Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 500 m (0.3 miles) east. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gayton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 500 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Dove Cote to North of Gayton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 510 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 760 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Heswall Dales | Valley | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Poll Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Manor Wood | Wood | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) east |
| Gayton Sands | Wetland | 3 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| The Dungeon | Wood | 3.1 km (2 miles) north-west |
| Denhall Gutter | Tidal water | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 14 |
1 of the street's 14 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 Wirral: see them on the Wirral page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gayton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 360 m | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Barnston Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; 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 |
| Heswall Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After School Club (Gayton Primary) CH60 8PZ | School/college/university | 360 m | 5 Very good | 26 Feb 2019 |
| Gayton Primary School CH60 8PZ | School/college/university | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Long Meadow (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 42% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 65% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 5% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
Nearby streets
Cottage Lane · Long Meadow · Woodburn Drive · Hinderton Drive · Gayton Road · Lapwing Rise · Riverbank Road · Cottage Drive West · Chantry Walk
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.