Heswall
Heswall is covered by postcode districts CH31, CH49, CH60, CH61 and CH64. It is mostly in the Wirral council area: 838 of its 840 postcodes. The others are in Cheshire West and Chester.
Every postcode in Heswall, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 10
- In use before 2020: 830
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 840 postcodes in Heswall that ONS places, 10 are new since 2020 and 830 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3369, longitude -3.0990. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CH31 9GW, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Heswall?
Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.6% on the 12 months before. At 688 of the 831 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 840 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Heswall, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Heswall?
Homes in Heswall sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 412 sales, up 1.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £510,000 143 sales
- Semi-detached £290,000 214 sales
- Terraced £212,000 13 sales
- Flat or maisonette £172,000 42 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CH60 district, Heswall's main postcode district: a typical £456,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Heswall: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Heswall?
10 of the 840 postcodes now in use in Heswall came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 499 homes sold in Heswall were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CH60 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Heswall | Across the CH60 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 412 (0%) | 0 of 194 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 499 (0%) | 0 of 235 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Heswall?
Ofcom reports on 831 of the 840 postcodes in Heswall. At 688 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Heswall at risk of flooding?
5 of the 840 postcodes in Heswall have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Heswall?
The open schools at the postcodes in Heswall (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Pensby Primary School550 m 224 pupils, 260 places
- Stanley School550 m 183 pupils, 170 places
- Ladymount Catholic Primary School700 m 241 pupils, 315 places
- Heswall Primary School700 m 257 pupils, 210 places
- Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School1.4 km 276 pupils, 320 places
- Gayton Primary School2.0 km 213 pupils, 255 places
- Thingwall Primary School2.1 km 197 pupils, 210 places
- Barnston Primary School2.1 km 299 pupils, 315 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Heswall?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heswall is Heswall Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.
- Heswall Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
- Neston Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
- Upton Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Heswall?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Heswall. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Myrtle Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 342 2811 750 mWalk
- West Wirral Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 929 5555 2.5 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Heswall safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 670 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Heswall over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 49 September 2025
- 61 October 2025
- 45 November 2025
- 60 December 2025
- 64 January 2026
- 57 February 2026
- 70 March 2026
- 57 April 2026
- 52 May 2026
- 41 June 2026
- 60 July 2026
- 54 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 20, vehicle crime 6, possession of weapons 3, theft from the person 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Heswall?
- Councils
- Wirral (838) and Cheshire West and Chester (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Wirral West (838) and Chester North and Neston (2)
- Police force areas
- Merseyside (838) and Cheshire (2)
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Heswall
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Heswall is in Wirral; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Wirral about council tax Council tax, on wirral.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Heswall
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Heswall postcodes
840 postcodes in use in Heswall, by district:
Those districts are all in the CH postcode area.
Check a Heswall postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Heswall
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Heswall's £320,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Heswall
- What is it like to live in Heswall?
- Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.6% on the 12 months before. At 688 of the 831 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 840 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Heswall, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Heswall?
- Heswall is covered by postcode districts CH31, CH49, CH60, CH61 and CH64, across 840 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Heswall?
- Homes in Heswall sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 412 sales, up 1.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Heswall?
- In Heswall, primary schools at its postcodes include Pensby Primary School, Stanley School and Ladymount Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Pensby High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Heswall have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heswall is Heswall, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Heswall?
- Ofcom reports on 831 of the 840 postcodes in Heswall. At 688 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Heswall at risk of flooding?
- 5 of the 840 postcodes in Heswall have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Heswall?
- 10 of the 840 postcodes now in use in Heswall came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 499 homes sold in Heswall were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CH60 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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