Moorway Heswall, Wirral
20 addresses across 2 postcodes (CH60), about 260 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 44502400.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Wirral cost £221,673 in August 2026 (+5.8% on a year); private rents averaged £862 a month.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 8, E: 4, F: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A551, carries 9,492 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Wirral costs £2,501 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Heswall, about 940 m (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Whitfield Common, is about 140 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 73 to 77 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 20 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Myrtle Group Practice, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 540 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 12 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- 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 Wirral
A typical home in Wirral cost £221,673 in August 2026, 5.8% more than a year before. That is 21% more than five years earlier and 55% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £395,663 |
| Semi-detached | £252,118 |
| Terraced | £176,914 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,172 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £190,039 |
Private renters in Wirral paid £862 a month on average in September 2026, 6.7% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £574 |
| Two bedrooms | £743 |
| Three bedrooms | £909 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,255 |
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 100 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (13); House, detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (11); 1930-1949 (2); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13).
Each home's certificates and sales (15 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 16,834 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 3,908 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH60 2TX | 17 | 3,458 kWh | 18 | 18,417 kWh |
| CH60 2TF | 18 | 3,054 kWh | 18 | 14,684 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 CH60.
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 E (32% of about 630 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)
- 78 Dawstone Road, Gayton, Wirral, CH60 8ND: up to 2 homes, permissioned (790 m (0.5 miles))
- Heswall Gospel Hall, Pensby Road, Heswall, CH60 7RD: up to 23 homes, permissioned (900 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH60 2TX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CH60 2TF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 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
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 20 addresses are between 73 m and 77 m above sea level (75 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH60 2TF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CH60 2TX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Heswall 91,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Neston 41,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Spital 377,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 32 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Buffs Lane Barnston | 390 m |
| Bus or coach station | Heswall Bus Station | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rocky Lane South Car Park | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 15.9 km (9.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Myrtle Group Practice Good Oct 2026 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sandstone Wirral LTD | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Murrayfield Hospital Good Jul 2022 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Care homes | 7 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Heathermount Residential Home Good Oct 2019 | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Bebington Police Station | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cashpoint® 137 Telegraph Road Lloyds Bank | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Whitfield Common 7.1 ha | 140 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,480 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,730 m² | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 7.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site 400m north east of New Hall, a scheduled monument, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site 400m north east of New Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Grounds of Thornton Manor | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Poll Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Heswall Dales | Valley | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Manor Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Wirral | Headland | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) north-east |
| Gayton Sands | Wetland | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south-west |
| Roodee Mere | Lake or reservoir | 5 km (3.1 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.6 | 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 | 19 | 20 |
1 of the street's 20 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heswall Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
| Barnston Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 890 m (0.6 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 | 82% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 29% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 74% in 2023) |
| Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 77% in 2023) |
| Gayton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | 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 | 82% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 21% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Pensby Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; 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 | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 50% in 2023) |
| Ladymount Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 46% in 2024 and 65% 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
8 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 440 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Planet Heswall CH60 5RJ | Full day care | 93 | Good (Feb 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Gayton Nursery CH60 1XG | Full day care | 84 | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Highflyers CH60 7SG | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 850 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Barnston Buddies CH60 1XW | Full day care | 67 | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| Paintbox After School CH60 4RG | Out-of-school day care | 49 | Not inspected yet | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| S4YC Out of School Club @ St Peters CH60 4SA | Out-of-school day care | 32 | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Gayton Pre School CH60 8PZ | Full day care | 30 | Good (Sep 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| S4YC Out Of School Club - Gayton CH60 8PZ | Out-of-school day care | 32 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 120 childminders and 12 home childcarers (nannies) in Wirral. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza Magic CH60 0AG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Bargain Booze CH60 0AQ | Retailers - other | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Wylde Coffee CH60 0AQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Tai Chang CH60 0AQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Dec 2024 |
| Chatwins CH60 0AD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 Dec 2024 |
| The Beer Lab CH60 0AD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 26 Jan 2019 |
| Pisces Takeaway CH60 5RT | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 May 2026 |
| Millennium CH60 0AD | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Cru. CH60 0AD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Imperial Chinese Takeaway CH60 0AD | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 21 Aug 2025 |
| Marks & Spencer Simply Foods CH60 0AH | Retailers - other | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Milner Road (5); On or near Moorway (4); On or near Briary Close (1); On or near Andrew'S Walk (1); On or near Buffs Lane (1).
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A551 between A540 and Whitehouse Lane, with 9,492 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 400 m (0.2 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A551 | A540 to Whitehouse Lane | 9,492 estimated; counted 2019 | 1% | -8% since 2015 | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 39% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 42% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 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) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
Tudorway · Andrew's Walk · Topgate Close · Border Road · Inglegreen · Hill Top Lane · Briary Close · Larksway · Buffs Lane · Buffs Lane · Park Road · Briarfield 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.