Hoylake
Hoylake is covered by postcode districts CH29, CH47 and CH48. It is in the Wirral council area, England.
Every postcode in Hoylake, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 3
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 3
- At very low risk only: 3
- Not on the at-risk list: 185
Of the 194 postcodes in Hoylake that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 185 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 53.3923, longitude -3.1792. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Hoylake?
Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16.1% on the 12 months before. At 143 of the 170 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 194 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Hoylake & Meols Medical Ctr, 1.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hoylake, 250 metres 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 Hoylake?
Homes in Hoylake sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 79 sales, up 16.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £254,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £295,000
▲ up 16.1% on the 12 months before
Across the whole CH47 district, Hoylake's main postcode district: a typical £342,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hoylake: 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 Hoylake?
9 of the 194 postcodes now in use in Hoylake came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 100 homes sold in Hoylake were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CH47 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 Hoylake | Across the CH47 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 79 (0%) | 0 of 151 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 100 (0%) | 0 of 189 (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 Hoylake?
Ofcom reports on 170 of the 194 postcodes in Hoylake. At 143 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 Hoylake at risk of flooding?
9 of the 194 postcodes in Hoylake 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 4 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 Hoylake?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Hoylake. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
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 Hoylake?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hoylake is Hoylake Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.
- Hoylake Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
- Manor Road Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Meols Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
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 Hoylake?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Hoylake. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Hoylake & Meols Medical Ctr1.8 km
- Marine Lake Medical Practice2.0 km
- Greasby Group Practice4.2 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hoylake safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 382 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hoylake 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
- 36 September 2025
- 33 October 2025
- 39 November 2025
- 22 December 2025
- 17 January 2026
- 43 February 2026
- 36 March 2026
- 26 April 2026
- 40 May 2026
- 27 June 2026
- 24 July 2026
- 39 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 12, other crime 8, robbery 4, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 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 Hoylake?
- Council
- Wirral
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wirral West
- Police force area
- Merseyside
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Matthew Patrick (Labour)
All 194 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Hoylake
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- 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 nearest GP practices
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Hoylake postcodes
194 postcodes in use in Hoylake, by district:
Those districts are all in the CH postcode area.
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Places near Hoylake
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hoylake's £295,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hoylake
- What is it like to live in Hoylake?
- Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 16.1% on the 12 months before. At 143 of the 170 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 194 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Hoylake & Meols Medical Ctr, 1.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hoylake, 250 metres 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 Hoylake?
- Hoylake is covered by postcode districts CH29, CH47 and CH48, across 194 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Hoylake in?
- Hoylake is in the Wirral council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Hoylake?
- Hoylake is in the Wirral West parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Matthew Patrick (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hoylake?
- Homes in Hoylake sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 79 sales, up 16.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hoylake?
- In Hoylake, primary schools at its postcodes include Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is West Kirby Grammar School, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Hoylake have a railway station?
- Yes: Hoylake is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Hoylake, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hoylake?
- Ofcom reports on 170 of the 194 postcodes in Hoylake. At 143 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Hoylake at risk of flooding?
- 9 of the 194 postcodes in Hoylake 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 4 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 Hoylake?
- 9 of the 194 postcodes now in use in Hoylake came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 100 homes sold in Hoylake were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CH47 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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