Borough Road, Birkenhead

House prices, sold prices and local information for CH42 9QA, CH42 6QQ, CH42 6QW.

Average price (last 12 months)
£175,591
4 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£171,371
60 sales
Price range
£40k – £500k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
22 May 2026
CH42 6QQ

At a glance

House prices£176k averageAbout the Birkenhead average CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 3 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskNear a flood alert areaLower risk than a warning area Nearest station16 min walkRock Ferry station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband94% of homesNational average 80%

60 property sales on Borough Road, Birkenhead have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 4 homes sold here for an average of £175,591. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £180,150. 16 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 14 of them sold for more the second time.

House prices on Borough Road compared

Borough Road£175,591
CH42 postcode area£194,035
Birkenhead£174,691
England & Wales£356,718

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all CH42 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £127,556 (9 sales)2016£128k2017: £131,333 (6 sales)2017£131k2018: £162,000 (5 sales)2018£162k2019: £153,200 (5 sales)2019£153k2020: £143,000 (3 sales)2020£143k2021: £176,844 (9 sales)2021£177k2022: £164,000 (6 sales)2022£164k2023: £171,500 (2 sales)2023£172k2024: £240,047 (6 sales)2024£240k2025: £222,795 (8 sales)2025£223k2026: £200,000 (1 sales)2026£200k

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached45£180,15022 May 2026
Terraced13£120,65414 Feb 2025
Flat1£107,00029 Mar 2018
Detached1£500,00030 May 2025

Sold prices on Borough Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
627, Borough Road CH42 9QA 22 May 2026£48,500 FlatLeasehold
767, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 22 May 2026£200,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
920, Borough Road CH42 6QW 19 Mar 2026£162,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 1, 631, Borough Road CH42 9QA 20 Feb 2026£402,500 OtherFreehold
627A, Borough Road CH42 9QA 19 Dec 2025£100,000 TerracedLeasehold
718, Borough Road CH42 9JE 18 Dec 2025£83,000 TerracedFreehold
717, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 10 Dec 2025£200,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
625A, Borough Road CH42 9QA 10 Nov 2025£95,000 FlatLeasehold
625, Borough Road CH42 9QA 3 Nov 2025£100,000 FlatLeasehold
687A, Borough Road CH42 9QB 24 Oct 2025£150,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
635, Borough Road CH42 9QA 22 Oct 2025£152,362 Semi-detachedFreehold
787, Borough Road CH42 6QN 16 Oct 2025£220,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
721, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 11 Jun 2025£175,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
841A, Borough Road CH42 6RN 30 May 2025£500,000 DetachedFreehold
763, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 26 Mar 2025£195,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
474, Borough Road CH42 9NA 20 Mar 2025£302,000 OtherFreehold
952, Borough Road CH42 6RW 14 Feb 2025£190,000 TerracedFreehold
775, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 20 Dec 2024£237,780 Semi-detachedFreehold
657, Borough Road CH42 9QA 19 Dec 2024£300,000 DetachedFreehold
801, Borough Road CH42 6QN 9 Dec 2024£175,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
369, Borough Road CH42 0HA 27 Nov 2024£58,000 TerracedFreehold
735, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 5 Nov 2024£168,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
767, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 4 Nov 2024£175,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
712 - 714, Borough Road CH42 9JE 3 Oct 2024£104,000 TerracedFreehold
771, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 26 Jul 2024£230,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
841, Borough Road CH42 6RN 3 Apr 2024£454,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
453, Borough Road CH42 0HB 26 Mar 2024£107,000 TerracedFreehold
400 - 408, Borough Road CH41 2UW 3 Jan 2024£25,000 OtherFreehold
902, Borough Road CH42 6QW 28 Nov 2023£168,000 TerracedFreehold
463, Borough Road CH42 0HB 14 Jul 2023£92,000 TerracedFreehold
720, Borough Road CH42 9JE 28 Apr 2023£98,500 OtherFreehold
796, Borough Road CH42 9JG 20 Apr 2023£395,300 OtherFreehold
300, Borough Road CH41 2UW 3 Mar 2023£6,000 OtherFreehold
717, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 1 Mar 2023£175,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
581, Borough Road CH42 0HD 16 Jan 2023£65,000 OtherFreehold
807, Borough Road CH42 6QN 20 Dec 2022£160,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
657, Borough Road CH42 9QA 9 Dec 2022£325,000 DetachedFreehold
701, Borough Road CH42 6QG 25 Nov 2022£155,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
597, Borough Road CH42 0HD 22 Nov 2022£131,000 TerracedFreehold
880, Borough Road CH42 6QW 2 Nov 2022£172,500 TerracedFreehold
918, Borough Road CH42 6QW 29 Jul 2022£168,000 TerracedFreehold
780A, Borough Road CH42 9JG 11 Mar 2022£60,000 TerracedLeasehold
770A, Borough Road CH42 9JF 17 Feb 2022£152,000 OtherFreehold
930, Borough Road CH42 6QW 7 Jan 2022£197,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
633, Borough Road CH42 9QA 15 Dec 2021£140,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
657, Borough Road CH42 9QA 17 Nov 2021£266,000 OtherFreehold
745, Borough Road CH42 6QQ 29 Sep 2021£192,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
785, Borough Road CH42 6QN 26 Aug 2021£175,100 Semi-detachedFreehold
469, Borough Road CH42 0HB 4 Aug 2021£85,000 TerracedFreehold
453, Borough Road CH42 0HB 27 Jul 2021£107,000 TerracedFreehold
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Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
767, Borough Road £175,000 (Nov 2024) → £200,000 (May 2026) +14%
over 2 yrs
717, Borough Road £175,000 (Mar 2023) → £200,000 (Dec 2025) +14%
over 3 yrs
787, Borough Road £165,000 (Nov 2016) → £168,000 (Oct 2019) → £220,000 (Oct 2025) +33%
over 9 yrs
474, Borough Road £235,000 (May 2016) → £302,000 (Mar 2025) +29%
over 9 yrs
657, Borough Road £182,500 (Jul 2021) → £266,000 (Nov 2021) → £325,000 (Dec 2022) → £300,000 (Dec 2024) +64%
over 3 yrs
369, Borough Road £39,500 (Nov 2016) → £58,000 (Nov 2024) +47%
over 8 yrs
771, Borough Road £90,000 (Oct 2016) → £170,000 (Nov 2017) → £230,500 (Jul 2024) +156%
over 8 yrs
841, Borough Road £309,000 (Nov 2016) → £454,000 (Apr 2024) +47%
over 7 yrs
453, Borough Road £60,000 (Feb 2021) → £107,000 (Jul 2021) → £107,000 (Mar 2024) +78%
over 3 yrs
701, Borough Road £155,000 (Mar 2020) → £155,000 (Nov 2022) +0%
over 3 yrs
770A, Borough Road £85,000 (Oct 2020) → £152,000 (Feb 2022) +79%
over 1 yr
759, Borough Road £120,000 (Feb 2016) → £175,000 (Nov 2018) → £189,500 (Apr 2021) +58%
over 5 yrs
839, Borough Road £195,000 (Mar 2018) → £237,500 (Mar 2021) +22%
over 3 yrs
926, Borough Road £150,000 (Jul 2017) → £175,000 (Jan 2021) +17%
over 3 yrs
752A, Borough Road £50,000 (Jul 2016) → £44,000 (May 2020) -12%
over 4 yrs
468, Borough Road £499,950 (Jul 2017) → £4,910,163 (Aug 2018) +882%
over 1 yr

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Crime and flood risk near Borough Road

Crime

364 crimes were reported within about a mile of Borough Road in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences153
Anti-social behaviour38
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order34
Shoplifting29
Drugs21

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Borough Road is in or near 4 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Irish Sea from New Brighton to Hoylake Flood alert area
  • Wirral catchment with Heswall, Ellesmere Port, Bebington, Hoylake and Wallasey Flood alert area
  • Irish Sea and Mersey estuary from the Head of the Wirral to Runcorn Flood alert area
  • Mersey Estuary from Liverpool and Wirral to Widnes Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Borough Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Devonshire Park Primary School 413 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.2 mi
Horizons Independent School 24 pupils Other independent special school 11–16 Report 0.2 mi
Bedford Drive Primary School 406 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.3 mi
Prenton High School for Girls 770 pupils Secondary 11–16 Report 0.4 mi
Well Lane Primary School 187 pupils Primary 3–11 Inadequate Report 0.5 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead 237 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 4–11 Good Report 0.5 mi
Mersey Park Primary School 452 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.5 mi
Woodchurch Road Academy 171 pupils Primary 3–11 Requires improvement Report 0.5 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around and local GPs

Train stations

  • Rock Ferry station 0.8 mi · 16 min walk
  • Green Lane station 0.9 mi · 19 min walk
  • Birkenhead Central station 1.2 mi · 23 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Irvine Road (opp, Borough Road) 1 min walk
  • Irvine Road (adj, Borough Road) 1 min walk
  • Prenton Road West (adj, Borough Road) 2 min walk
  • Parkhurst Road (adj, Prenton Road West) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • St Catherine's Surgery
    St. Catherines Health Centre, Church Road, Birkenhead · 0.5 mi
  • Gladstone Med Ctr
    241-243 Old Chester Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead · 0.7 mi
  • Devaney Med Ctr
    40 Balls Road, Oxton, Prenton · 0.9 mi
  • Riverside Surgery
    525 New Chester Road, Birkenhead · 1.0 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN) and NHS England practice data. Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income: decile 3 of 10 · Crime: decile 6 of 10.

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned63.5%62.5%
Private rented12.9%20.3%
Social rented23.2%17.1%
Households672

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1518.5%17.4%
Aged 15–6461.9%64.1%
Aged 65+19.6%18.6%
Residents1,546

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)94%80%
Gigabit-capable94%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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