Lydiate

Lydiate is covered by postcode district L31. It is in the Sefton council area, England.

Typical price £245,000 Homes sold in Lydiate, last 12 months. ▲ 0.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 149 of 156 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 5 5 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Lydiate, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Lydiate, by flood risk Of the 157 postcodes in Lydiate that ONS places, 157 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lydiate. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A59 L31 0AY: not on the flood risk listL31 0AZ: not on the flood risk listL31 0BB: not on the flood risk listL31 0BD: not on the flood risk listL31 0BF: not on the flood risk listL31 0BG: not on the flood risk listL31 0BH: not on the flood risk listL31 0BJ: not on the flood risk listL31 0BL: not on the flood risk listL31 0BN: not on the flood risk listL31 0BP: not on the flood risk listL31 0BQ: not on the flood risk listL31 0BR: not on the flood risk listL31 0BS: not on the flood risk listL31 0BT: not on the flood risk listL31 0BU: not on the flood risk listL31 0BW: not on the flood risk listL31 0BX: not on the flood risk listL31 0BY: not on the flood risk listL31 0BZ: not on the flood risk listL31 0DA: not on the flood risk listL31 0DB: not on the flood risk listL31 0DD: not on the flood risk listL31 0DE: not on the flood risk listL31 0DF: not on the flood risk listL31 0DG: not on the flood risk listL31 2HD: not on the flood risk listL31 2HX: not on the flood risk listL31 2HY: not on the flood risk listL31 2HZ: not on the flood risk listL31 2JA: not on the flood risk listL31 2JN: not on the flood risk listL31 2JP: not on the flood risk listL31 2JR: not on the flood risk listL31 2JS: not on the flood risk listL31 2JT: not on the flood risk listL31 2JU: not on the flood risk listL31 2JW: not on the flood risk listL31 2JX: not on the flood risk listL31 2JY: not on the flood risk listL31 2JZ: not on the flood risk listL31 2LA: not on the flood risk listL31 2LB: not on the flood risk listL31 2LD: not on the flood risk listL31 2LE: not on the flood risk listL31 2LF: not on the flood risk listL31 2LG: not on the flood risk listL31 2LH: not on the flood risk listL31 2LJ: not on the flood risk listL31 2LL: not on the flood risk listL31 2LN: not on the flood risk listL31 2LP: not on the flood risk listL31 2LQ: not on the flood risk listL31 2LR: not on the flood risk listL31 2LS: not on the flood risk listL31 2LT: not on the flood risk listL31 2LU: not on the flood risk listL31 2LW: not on the flood risk listL31 2LX: not on the flood risk listL31 2LY: not on the flood risk listL31 2LZ: not on the flood risk listL31 2NA: not on the flood risk listL31 2NB: not on the flood risk listL31 2ND: not on the flood risk listL31 2NE: not on the flood risk listL31 2NF: not on the flood risk listL31 2NG: not on the flood risk listL31 2NH: not on the flood risk listL31 2NJ: not on the flood risk listL31 2NL: not on the flood risk listL31 2NN: not on the flood risk listL31 2NP: not on the flood risk listL31 2NQ: not on the flood risk listL31 2NR: not on the flood risk listL31 2NS: not on the flood risk listL31 2NT: not on the flood risk listL31 2NU: not on the flood risk listL31 2NW: not on the flood risk listL31 2NX: not on the flood risk listL31 2NZ: not on the flood risk listL31 2PB: not on the flood risk listL31 2PE: not on the flood risk listL31 2PG: not on the flood risk listL31 2PJ: not on the flood risk listL31 2PR: not on the flood risk listL31 2PS: not on the flood risk listL31 2PT: not on the flood risk listL31 2PU: not on the flood risk listL31 4AA: not on the flood risk listL31 4AB: not on the flood risk listL31 4AD: not on the flood risk listL31 4AG: not on the flood risk listL31 4AH: not on the flood risk listL31 4DB: not on the flood risk listL31 4DD: not on the flood risk listL31 4DL: not on the flood risk listL31 4DN: not on the flood risk listL31 4DQ: not on the flood risk listL31 4DR: not on the flood risk listL31 4DS: not on the flood risk listL31 4DT: not on the flood risk listL31 4DU: not on the flood risk listL31 4DW: not on the flood risk listL31 4DX: not on the flood risk listL31 4DY: not on the flood risk listL31 4DZ: not on the flood risk listL31 4EA: not on the flood risk listL31 4EB: not on the flood risk listL31 4ED: not on the flood risk listL31 4EE: not on the flood risk listL31 4EF: not on the flood risk listL31 4EG: not on the flood risk listL31 4EL: not on the flood risk listL31 4EN: not on the flood risk listL31 4EP: not on the flood risk listL31 4EQ: not on the flood risk listL31 4ES: not on the flood risk listL31 4EY: not on the flood risk listL31 4EZ: not on the flood risk listL31 4HA: not on the flood risk listL31 4HD: not on the flood risk listL31 4HF: not on the flood risk listL31 4HG: not on the flood risk listL31 4HH: not on the flood risk listL31 4HQ: not on the flood risk listL31 4JG: not on the flood risk listL31 4JH: not on the flood risk listL31 4JJ: not on the flood risk listL31 4JL: not on the flood risk listL31 4JN: not on the flood risk listL31 4JP: not on the flood risk listL31 4JQ: not on the flood risk listL31 4JR: not on the flood risk listL31 4JS: not on the flood risk listL31 4JT: not on the flood risk listL31 4JU: not on the flood risk listL31 4JW: not on the flood risk listL31 4JX: not on the flood risk listL31 4JY: not on the flood risk listL31 4JZ: not on the flood risk listL31 4LA: not on the flood risk listL31 4LB: not on the flood risk listL31 4LD: not on the flood risk listL31 9AA: not on the flood risk listL31 9AU: not on the flood risk listL31 9BY: not on the flood risk listL31 9BZ: not on the flood risk listL31 9DA: not on the flood risk listL31 9DB: not on the flood risk listL31 9PD: not on the flood risk listL31 9PE: not on the flood risk listL31 9PF: not on the flood risk listL31 9PR: not on the flood risk listL31 9PS: not on the flood risk listL31 9PT: not on the flood risk listL31 9PU: not on the flood risk listL31 9PZ: not on the flood risk list Lydiate Map of every postcode in Lydiate, by flood risk Of the 157 postcodes in Lydiate that ONS places, 157 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lydiate. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Lydiate
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 157

Of the 157 postcodes in Lydiate that ONS places, 157 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 53.5261, longitude -2.9466. 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

What is it like to live in Lydiate?

Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.5% on the 12 months before. At 149 of the 156 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 157 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is High Pastures Surgery, 750 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Maghull North, 2.0 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 Lydiate?

Homes in Lydiate sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 91 sales, up 0.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£245,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£243,900 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £318,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £250,000 63 sales
  • Terraced £247,500 7 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £127,000 12 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole L31 district, Lydiate's main postcode district: a typical £251,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lydiate: 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 Lydiate?

5 of the 157 postcodes now in use in Lydiate came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 112 homes sold in Lydiate were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L31 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

L31 2PUsince June 2024L31 4AHsince September 2022L31 2NZsince April 2022L31 4AGsince August 2020L31 0BFsince May 2020

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

PeriodIn LydiateAcross the L31 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 91 (0%) 8 of 341 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 112 (Under 1%) 113 of 579 (20%)

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 Lydiate?

Ofcom reports on 156 of the 157 postcodes in Lydiate. At 149 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit149 of 156
Postcodes where every home can get superfast154 of 156

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 Lydiate at risk of flooding?

None of the 157 postcodes in Lydiate is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Lydiate?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Lydiate. 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

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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 Lydiate?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lydiate is Maghull North, 2.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Maghull North Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
  • Maghull Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Town Green Rail Station Railway station 3.3 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 Lydiate?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Lydiate. 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 Lydiate safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 560 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lydiate 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. 50 September 2025
  2. 52 October 2025
  3. 53 November 2025
  4. 47 December 2025
  5. 35 January 2026
  6. 49 February 2026
  7. 46 March 2026
  8. 44 April 2026
  9. 39 May 2026
  10. 57 June 2026
  11. 48 July 2026
  12. 40 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences230 reports
Anti-social behaviour68 reports
Criminal damage and arson51 reports
Public order49 reports
Shoplifting38 reports
Other theft34 reports
Vehicle crime26 reports
Burglary22 reports

Also: drugs 21, other crime 11, robbery 6, 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 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 Lydiate?

Council
Sefton
Parliamentary constituency
Sefton Central
Police force area
Merseyside
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Bill Esterson (Labour)

All 157 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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Lydiate postcodes

157 postcodes in use in Lydiate, by district:

L31 postcode district,157 postcodes

That district is in the L postcode area.

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Places near Lydiate

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lydiate's £245,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Maghull1.7 km, £256,500Aintree4.9 km, £239,950Ormskirk5.6 km, £275,000Kirkby6.3 km, £166,000Litherland6.8 km, £180,000Crosby6.9 km, £250,000Bootle7.2 km, £151,250Hightown7.4 km, £340,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Lydiate

What is it like to live in Lydiate?
Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.5% on the 12 months before. At 149 of the 156 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 157 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is High Pastures Surgery, 750 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Maghull North, 2.0 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 Lydiate?
Lydiate is covered by postcode district L31, across 157 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Lydiate in?
Lydiate is in the Sefton council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Lydiate?
Lydiate is in the Sefton Central parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Bill Esterson (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Lydiate?
Homes in Lydiate sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 91 sales, up 0.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Lydiate?
In Lydiate, primary schools at its postcodes include Lydiate Primary School, St Gregory's Catholic Primary School and St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Deyes High School, 1.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Lydiate have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lydiate is Maghull North, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Lydiate?
Ofcom reports on 156 of the 157 postcodes in Lydiate. At 149 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Lydiate at risk of flooding?
None of the 157 postcodes in Lydiate is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Lydiate?
5 of the 157 postcodes now in use in Lydiate came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 112 homes sold in Lydiate were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L31 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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