Local servicesHospitalArrowe Park Hospital1.5 miGP surgeryWest Wirral Group Practice10 surgeries within 2 miles1.2 miPharmacyWell9 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentist338 Pensby Road [Dental Practice]1.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi15 schools12 primary, 1 secondary, 2 specialPrimaryIrby Primary Schoolages 2-11, 249 pupilsunder a milePrimaryThurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 216 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryPensby High Schoolages 11-18, 915 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWirral Metropolitan College4.9 miUniversityLiverpool Institute of Performing Arts6.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL11 miRailway stationHeswall2.4 miBus stationHeswall Bus Station1.9 miFerryBirkenhead Ferry TerminalWoodside5.3 miBus stops79 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CH61 postcode district.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CH61 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 1 min4:44 am – 9:44 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 30 min8:25 am – 3:55 pm
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People6,605 residentsin the Thurstaston & Irby census areaMedian age 52.02,886 households87% of homes owner-occupied53% owned outright3% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.8% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 2,887 in work, 36% retiredMain industries: health and social work 18%, education 14%, retail and wholesale 13%Getting to work: 32% work from home, 60% go by car, 3% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle64% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages39% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 14°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C804 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October27 days of air frost, 7 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesArrowepark · 1.0 mi · 99 haRoyden Parkpark · under a mile · 28 haRidgewood Parkpark · under a mile · 7 haArrowe Park Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 56 haIrby Cricket Clubplaying field · under a mile · 2 haPaton Fieldsports ground · 1.0 mi · 8 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes168 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197619 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202533 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.1 · PM2.5 5.4 · PM10 8.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,008 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation79 m259 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 48 to 87 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
