Knowsley

Knowsley is covered by postcode district L34. It is in the Knowsley council area, England.

Typical price £246,500 Homes sold in Knowsley, last 12 months. ▲ 35.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 62 of 70 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 8 of 70 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Knowsley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Knowsley, by flood risk Of the 70 postcodes in Knowsley that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk and 62 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Knowsley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. L34 0BA: not on the flood risk listL34 0BB: not on the flood risk listL34 0EA: not on the flood risk listL34 0EB: not on the flood risk listL34 0ED: not on the flood risk listL34 0EE: not on the flood risk listL34 0EF: not on the flood risk listL34 0EG: not on the flood risk listL34 0EH: not on the flood risk listL34 0EJ: not on the flood risk listL34 0EL: not on the flood risk listL34 0EP: not on the flood risk listL34 0EQ: not on the flood risk listL34 0ER: not on the flood risk listL34 0ES: not on the flood risk listL34 0ET: not on the flood risk listL34 0EU: not on the flood risk listL34 0EW: not on the flood risk listL34 0EZ: not on the flood risk listL34 0HA: not on the flood risk listL34 0HD: not on the flood risk listL34 0HE: not on the flood risk listL34 0HG: not on the flood risk listL34 0HH: not on the flood risk listL34 0HJ: not on the flood risk listL34 0HL: not on the flood risk listL34 0HN: not on the flood risk listL34 0HP: not on the flood risk listL34 0HQ: not on the flood risk listL34 0HR: not on the flood risk listL34 0HS: not on the flood risk listL34 0HT: not on the flood risk listL34 0HU: not on the flood risk listL34 0HW: not on the flood risk listL34 0HX: not on the flood risk listL34 0HY: not on the flood risk listL34 0HZ: not on the flood risk listL34 0JA: not on the flood risk listL34 0JB: not on the flood risk listL34 0JD: not on the flood risk listL34 0JE: not on the flood risk listL34 0JF: not on the flood risk listL34 0JG: not on the flood risk listL34 0JH: not on the flood risk listL34 0JN: not on the flood risk listL34 0JQ: not on the flood risk listL34 0JS: not on the flood risk listL34 0JW: not on the flood risk listL34 4AQ: not on the flood risk listL34 4AR: not on the flood risk listL34 4AT: not on the flood risk listL34 7HG: not on the flood risk listL34 8HD: not on the flood risk listL34 8HW: not on the flood risk listL34 9BA: not on the flood risk listL34 9BD: not on the flood risk listL34 9EB: not on the flood risk listL34 9ED: not on the flood risk listL34 9EH: not on the flood risk listL34 9EJ: not on the flood risk listL34 9ER: not on the flood risk listL34 9ES: not on the flood risk listL34 0EN: high flood riskL34 0EY: high flood riskL34 0HB: high flood riskL34 0HF: high flood riskL34 8HB: high flood riskL34 9EA: high flood riskL34 9EF: high flood riskL34 9EG: high flood risk Knowsley Map of every postcode in Knowsley, by flood risk Of the 70 postcodes in Knowsley that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk and 62 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Knowsley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Knowsley
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 62

Of the 70 postcodes in Knowsley that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk and 62 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4525, longitude -2.8505. 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.

L34 0HF10 at high riskL34 9EF7 at high riskL34 0HB6 at high riskL34 0EN2 at high riskL34 8HB2 at high riskL34 9EG2 at high riskL34 0EY1 at high riskL34 9EA1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Knowsley?

Homes sold for a typical £246,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 35.1% on the 12 months before. At 62 of the 70 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 70 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Fir Tree, 1.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Prescot, 4.7 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 Knowsley?

Homes in Knowsley sold for a typical £246,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 22 sales, up 35.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£246,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£182,500
12 months to August 2026
£246,500

▲ up 35.1% on the 12 months before

Detached£485,000 9 sales
Semi-detached£225,000 9 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole L34 district, Knowsley's main postcode district: a typical £242,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Knowsley: 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 Knowsley?

None of the 70 postcodes now in use in Knowsley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 37 homes sold in Knowsley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L34 district, 21%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn KnowsleyAcross the L34 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 22 (0%) 9 of 178 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 37 (0%) 59 of 278 (21%)

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 Knowsley?

Ofcom reports on 70 of the 70 postcodes in Knowsley. At 62 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit62 of 70
Postcodes where every home can get superfast64 of 70

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Knowsley at risk of flooding?

8 of the 70 postcodes in Knowsley 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 37 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 8 of 70 postcodes High: 31Medium: 6Low: 12

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 Knowsley?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Knowsley. 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.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Knowsley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Knowsley is Prescot Rail Station, 4.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Prescot Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Roby Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Huyton Rail Station Railway station 4.8 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 Knowsley?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Knowsley. 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.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Knowsley safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 263 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Knowsley 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

  1. 20 September 2025
  2. 22 October 2025
  3. 27 November 2025
  4. 17 December 2025
  5. 28 January 2026
  6. 11 February 2026
  7. 22 March 2026
  8. 21 April 2026
  9. 31 May 2026
  10. 21 June 2026
  11. 24 July 2026
  12. 19 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences91 reports
Public order40 reports
Criminal damage and arson32 reports
Anti-social behaviour31 reports
Drugs17 reports
Other crime15 reports
Vehicle crime9 reports
Other theft9 reports

Also: burglary 8, shoplifting 6, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, robbery 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 postcode

Source: 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 Knowsley?

Council
Knowsley
Parliamentary constituency
Knowsley
Police force area
Merseyside
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Anneliese Midgley (Labour)

All 70 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

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Knowsley postcodes

70 postcodes in use in Knowsley, by district:

L34 postcode district,70 postcodes

That district is 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 Knowsley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Knowsley's £246,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Huyton with Roby4.0 km, £190,000Kirkby4.1 km, £166,000Prescot5.5 km, £200,000Aintree6.8 km, £239,950Rainford7.0 km, £278,500Liverpool7.2 km, £191,000St Helens7.6 km, £171,500Maghull8.8 km, £256,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Knowsley

What is it like to live in Knowsley?
Homes sold for a typical £246,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 35.1% on the 12 months before. At 62 of the 70 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 70 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Fir Tree, 1.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Prescot, 4.7 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 Knowsley?
Knowsley is covered by postcode district L34, across 70 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Knowsley in?
Knowsley is in the Knowsley council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Knowsley?
Knowsley is in the Knowsley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Anneliese Midgley (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Knowsley?
Homes in Knowsley sold for a typical £246,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 22 sales, up 35.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Knowsley?
In Knowsley, primary schools at its postcodes include St John Fisher Catholic Primary School and Knowsley Village School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Meadow Park School, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Knowsley have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Knowsley is Prescot, 4.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Knowsley?
Ofcom reports on 70 of the 70 postcodes in Knowsley. At 62 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Knowsley at risk of flooding?
8 of the 70 postcodes in Knowsley 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 37 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 Knowsley?
None of the 70 postcodes now in use in Knowsley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 37 homes sold in Knowsley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L34 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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