CH43 9QS postcode in Birkenhead, Wirral

CH43 9QS is a postcode in Birkenhead, in the Bidston and St James ward of Wirral. It is in the Birkenhead parliamentary constituency and the Merseyside police force area, and has been in use since June 1999. It is a large-user postcode, which Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at CH43 9QS can get it Across Wirral: 96% Typical price £235,750 Homes sold in CH43 9, last 12 months. ▲ 9.7% on the year before Nearest station Upton 300 m in a straight line

Where CH43 9QS is, and what is near it

Map of CH43 9QS and what is near it Map of CH43 9QS: its centre point, with the 192 other postcodes in the CH43 9 sector, 3 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 10 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CH43 9AA: also in CH43 9CH43 9AB: also in CH43 9CH43 9AD: also in CH43 9CH43 9AE: also in CH43 9CH43 9AF: also in CH43 9CH43 9AG: also in CH43 9CH43 9AH: also in CH43 9CH43 9AJ: also in CH43 9CH43 9AL: also in CH43 9CH43 9AN: also in CH43 9CH43 9AP: also in CH43 9CH43 9AQ: also in CH43 9CH43 9HG: also in CH43 9CH43 9HU: also in CH43 9CH43 9JA: also in CH43 9CH43 9JB: also in CH43 9CH43 9JD: also in CH43 9CH43 9JY: also in CH43 9CH43 9LB: also in CH43 9CH43 9QA: also in CH43 9CH43 9QR: also in CH43 9CH43 9RA: also in CH43 9CH43 9RB: also in CH43 9CH43 9RD: also in CH43 9CH43 9RE: also in CH43 9CH43 9RF: also in CH43 9CH43 9RG: also in CH43 9CH43 9RH: also in CH43 9CH43 9RJ: also in CH43 9CH43 9RL: also in CH43 9CH43 9RN: also in CH43 9CH43 9RP: also in CH43 9CH43 9RQ: also in CH43 9CH43 9RR: also in CH43 9CH43 9RS: also in CH43 9CH43 9RT: also in CH43 9CH43 9RU: also in CH43 9CH43 9RW: also in CH43 9CH43 9RX: also in CH43 9CH43 9RY: also in CH43 9CH43 9RZ: also in CH43 9CH43 9SA: also in CH43 9CH43 9SB: also in CH43 9CH43 9SD: also in CH43 9CH43 9SE: also in CH43 9CH43 9SF: also in CH43 9CH43 9SG: also in CH43 9CH43 9SH: also in CH43 9CH43 9SJ: also in CH43 9CH43 9SL: also in CH43 9CH43 9SN: also in CH43 9CH43 9SP: also in CH43 9CH43 9SQ: also in CH43 9CH43 9SR: also in CH43 9CH43 9SS: also in CH43 9CH43 9ST: also in CH43 9CH43 9SW: also in CH43 9CH43 9TY: also in CH43 9CH43 9UA: also in CH43 9CH43 9UD: also in CH43 9CH43 9UH: also in CH43 9CH43 9UP: also in CH43 9CH43 9UQ: also in CH43 9CH43 9UR: also in CH43 9CH43 9US: also in CH43 9CH43 9UT: also in CH43 9CH43 9UU: also in CH43 9CH43 9UX: also in CH43 9CH43 9UY: also in CH43 9CH43 9UZ: also in CH43 9CH43 9WF: also in CH43 9CH43 9WG: also in CH43 9CH43 9WL: also in CH43 9CH43 9WQ: also in CH43 9CH43 9WU: also in CH43 9CH43 9XB: also in CH43 9CH43 9XD: also in CH43 9CH43 9XE: also in CH43 9CH43 9XF: also in CH43 9CH43 9XG: also in CH43 9CH43 9XH: also in CH43 9CH43 9XJ: also in CH43 9CH43 9XL: also in CH43 9CH43 9XN: also in CH43 9CH43 9XP: also in CH43 9CH43 9XQ: also in CH43 9CH43 9XR: also in CH43 9CH43 9XS: also in CH43 9CH43 9XT: also in CH43 9CH43 9XU: also in CH43 9CH43 9XW: also in CH43 9CH43 9XX: also in CH43 9CH43 9XY: also in CH43 9CH43 9XZ: also in CH43 9CH43 9YB: also in CH43 9CH43 9YX: also in CH43 9CH43 9YY: also in CH43 9CH43 9YZ: also in CH43 9CH43 9ZA: also in CH43 9CH43 9ZB: also in CH43 9 Heatherlands Med Ctr 950 mUpton Hall School FCJ 1.1 kmMoreton Medical Centre 2.1 kmClaughton CH43 9QS Map of CH43 9QS and what is near it Map of CH43 9QS: its centre point, with the 192 other postcodes in the CH43 9 sector, 3 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 10 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Claughton CH43 9QS
  • CH43 9QS
  • Other postcodes in CH43 9: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 10 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.3890, longitude -3.0824)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after CH43 9QS?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at CH43 9QS?

Every home and business at CH43 9QS can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

CH43 9QS 100% Wirral 96%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

CH43 9QS 100% Wirral Over 99%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at CH43 9QS?

Wirral Council gives bin days for each home rather than each postcode. BinDayBuddy finds yours from your house number, from the council's own system.

Find the bin days for your home on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is CH43 9QS at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include CH43 9QS.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Wirral

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for CH43 9QS: 2,892 properties in Wirral are at high risk (1.7% of all its properties). All the figures for Wirral

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of CH43 9QS is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near CH43 9QS?

Homes in CH43 9 sold for a typical £235,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 58 sales, up 9.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£235,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£215,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 9.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £400,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £205,000 26 sales
  • Terraced £135,000 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £225,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole CH43 district: a typical £226,000 from 392 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in CH43 9QS

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in CH43 9QS from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near CH43 9QS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 680 homes in the neighbourhood around CH43 9QS. Over half of them (79%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (60%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around CH43 9QS

Band D in Wirral for 2026‑27: £2,501. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,667 (band A) to £3,612 (band F); band A, the most common, is £1,667.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 540 (79%)£1,667
Band Babout 40 (6%)£1,945
Band Cabout 50 (7%)£2,223
Band Dabout 20 (3%)£2,501
Band Eabout 20 (3%)£3,056
Band Fabout 10 (1%)£3,612
Band Gfewer than 5£4,168
Band Hfewer than 5£5,001

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. None 1919 to 1939
  4. 6% 1945 to 1964
  5. 60% 1965 to 1982
  6. 4% 1983 to 1999
  7. 21% 2000 to 2009
  8. 6% 2010 to 2019
  9. 3% 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1900 to 1918, 1919 to 1939: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Wirral before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of CH43 9QS is in (ONS area E01007119), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near CH43 9QS?

The nearest open schools to CH43 9QS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near CH43 9QS, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to CH43 9QS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of CH43 9QS is Upton Rail Station, 300 metres away in a straight line.

  • Upton Rail Station Railway station 300 mWalk
  • Bidston Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

10 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest First Avenue, 37 m away.

More stations near CH43 9QS, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near CH43 9QS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of CH43 9QS, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near CH43 9QS?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of CH43 9QS on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near CH43 9QS?

The nearest to the centre of CH43 9QS, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to CH43 9QS?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near CH43 9QS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of CH43 9QS, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near CH43 9QS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of CH43 9QS, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near CH43 9QS?

The nearest vets to the centre of CH43 9QS on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is CH43 9QS in a conservation area?

The centre of CH43 9QS is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near CH43 9QS?

Police.uk records 155 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of CH43 9QS in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences79 reports
Anti-social behaviour28 reports
Criminal damage and arson14 reports
Other theft7 reports
Public order6 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports

Also: burglary 5, drugs 5, shoplifting 2, other crime 2, robbery 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for CH43 9QS

Ward
Bidston and St James
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Birkenhead
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
June 1999

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Nearby postcodes

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CH43 9RL40 mCH43 9TY50 mCH43 9WF50 mCH43 9WG80 mCH43 9RW90 mCH43 9UY100 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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