Kirkby
Kirkby is covered by postcode districts L10, L31, L32, L33, L34 and L70. It is mostly in the Knowsley council area: 1,155 of its 1,219 postcodes. The others are in Sefton and West Lancashire. 5 of its 1,219 postcodes are in Lancashire. ONS lists no county for the other 1,214.
Every postcode in Kirkby, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 50
- In use before 2020: 1,169
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,219 postcodes in Kirkby that ONS places, 50 are new since 2020 and 1,169 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 53.4831, longitude -2.8856. 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
What is it like to live in Kirkby?
Homes sold for a typical £166,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.2% on the 12 months before. At 1,063 of the 1,187 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 1,219 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Headbolt Lane, 900 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 Kirkby?
Homes in Kirkby sold for a typical £166,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 312 sales, up 2.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £277,750 62 sales
- Semi-detached £176,000 140 sales
- Terraced £135,000 101 sales
- Flat or maisonette £76,000 9 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole L32 district, Kirkby's main postcode district: a typical £148,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kirkby: 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 Kirkby?
50 of the 1,219 postcodes now in use in Kirkby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 470 homes sold in Kirkby were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L32 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 Kirkby | Across the L32 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 312 (0%) | 0 of 126 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 5 of 470 (1%) | 0 of 206 (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 Kirkby?
Ofcom reports on 1,187 of the 1,219 postcodes in Kirkby. At 1,063 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 Kirkby at risk of flooding?
17 of the 1,219 postcodes in Kirkby 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 12 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 Kirkby?
The open schools at the postcodes in Kirkby (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
- Kirkby CofE Primary School250 m 307 pupils, 280 places
- Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision)550 m 471 pupils, 572 places
- Millbrook Community Primary School700 m 325 pupils, 280 places
- St Laurence's Catholic Primary School800 m 390 pupils, 380 places
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School850 m 237 pupils, 210 places
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School950 m 419 pupils, 390 places
- St Marie's Catholic Primary School950 m 222 pupils, 210 places
- Park Brow Community Primary School1.2 km 457 pupils, 420 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 Kirkby?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkby is Headbolt Lane, 900 m away in a straight line.
- Headbolt Lane Railway station 900 mWalk
- Kirkby Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
- Fazakerley Rail Station Railway station 3.7 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 Kirkby?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Kirkby, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Macmillan Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 244 4550 100 mWalk
- Millbrook Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 546 2480 850 mWalk
- St. Laurence's Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 244 4530 900 mWalk
- Wingate Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 546 2958 950 mWalk
- Dr Maassarani & Partners Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 902 0010 1.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kirkby safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,689 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kirkby 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
- 279 September 2025
- 363 October 2025
- 250 November 2025
- 274 December 2025
- 285 January 2026
- 283 February 2026
- 378 March 2026
- 307 April 2026
- 307 May 2026
- 317 June 2026
- 313 July 2026
- 333 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 72, burglary 61, possession of weapons 33, robbery 30, bicycle theft 16, theft from the person 12.
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 Kirkby?
- Councils
- Knowsley (1,155), Sefton (59) and West Lancashire (5)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Knowsley (1,155), Sefton Central (59) and West Lancashire (5)
- Police force areas
- Merseyside (1,214) and Lancashire (5)
- 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 Kirkby
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Kirkby is in Knowsley; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Knowsley about council tax Council tax, on knowsley.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Kirkby
- 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
Kirkby postcodes
1,219 postcodes in use in Kirkby, by district:
Those districts are all in the L postcode area.
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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 Kirkby
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kirkby's £166,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Kirkby
- What is it like to live in Kirkby?
- Homes sold for a typical £166,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.2% on the 12 months before. At 1,063 of the 1,187 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 1,219 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Headbolt Lane, 900 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 Kirkby?
- Kirkby is covered by postcode districts L10, L31, L32, L33, L34 and L70, across 1,219 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Kirkby?
- Homes in Kirkby sold for a typical £166,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 312 sales, up 2.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Kirkby?
- In Kirkby, primary schools at its postcodes include Kirkby CofE Primary School, Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) and Millbrook Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby High School and Bluebell Park School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Kirkby have a railway station?
- Yes: Headbolt Lane is 900 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkby, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Kirkby?
- Ofcom reports on 1,187 of the 1,219 postcodes in Kirkby. At 1,063 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Kirkby at risk of flooding?
- 17 of the 1,219 postcodes in Kirkby 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 12 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 Kirkby?
- 50 of the 1,219 postcodes now in use in Kirkby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 470 homes sold in Kirkby were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L32 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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