| Postcode | L42 0JQ | 
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| Nearest station | Birkenhead Central (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Maple Street (NW) 
Shaw Street (SW) 
Maple Street (SE) 
Elm Grove (S) 
Carnforth Close (N) 
Whetstone Lane (NE) 
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| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 53.385312 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.029845 | |
| Easting | 331600 | |
| Northing | 388102 | |
| Grid reference | SJ316881 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 498014 5915135 | |
| what3words | prefer.policy.shield | |
| FixPhrase | crowbar luridness stupor tubeless | |
| Plus code | 9C5R9XPC+43 | |
| Altitude | 27 metres (88 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:17 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.8 KMs (1.1 miles) | 
| Parish | Wirral, unparished area | E43000169 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Birkenhead and Tranmere | E05000956 | 
| Metropolitan District | Wirral | E08000015 | 
| County | Merseyside | E11000013 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Birkenhead | E14001091 | 
| MP | Alison McGovern | Labour | 
| Police force | Merseyside | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Wirral | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Merseyside | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
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| Date usage ended | June 1999 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Birkenhead | E63008503 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00036138 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8D3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wirral 021A | E01007130 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wirral 021A | E01007130 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Birkenhead South | E02001487 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Birkenhead South | E02001487 | 
| Travel to work area | Birkenhead | E30000168 | 
| Average property price in Liverpool | £202,967 | 
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| Annual change | 8.5% |