Forest Road, Prenton

House prices, sold prices and local information for CH43 8SJ, CH43 8TR, CH43 8SD.

Average price (last 12 months)
£148,040
5 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£141,795
44 sales
Price range
£38k – £400k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
24 Apr 2026
CH43 8SJ

At a glance

House prices£148k average45% below the Prenton average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 4 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskNear a flood alert areaLower risk than a warning area Nearest station14 min walkBirkenhead Park station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80%

44 property sales on Forest Road, Prenton have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 5 homes sold here for an average of £148,040. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £96,655. Average sale prices fell from £115,313 in 2016 to £63,500 in 2026 (-45%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 45% below the Prenton average of £267,171 over the same period. 3 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 3 of them sold for more the second time.

House prices on Forest Road compared

Forest Road£148,040
CH43 postcode area£267,025
Prenton£267,171
England & Wales£356,718

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all CH43 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £115,313 (4 sales)2016£115k2017: £142,667 (3 sales)2017£143k2018: £199,500 (3 sales)2018£200k2019: £134,380 (4 sales)2019£134k2020: £98,000 (1 sales)2020£98k2021: £111,750 (4 sales)2021£112k2022: £152,333 (3 sales)2022£152k2023: £100,600 (5 sales)2023£101k2024: £156,000 (9 sales)2024£156k2025: £196,283 (6 sales)2025£196k2026: £63,500 (2 sales)2026£64k

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Flat32£96,65524 Apr 2026
Detached6£265,42024 Oct 2025
Semi-detached6£258,9174 Jul 2025

Sold prices on Forest Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
Flat 6, Airlie Wood, 32, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 24 Apr 2026£45,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 6, St. Ives Court, Forest Road CH43 8TR 18 Feb 2026£82,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 13, 14 - 16, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 28 Nov 2025£130,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 12, St. Ives Court, Forest Road CH43 8TR 10 Nov 2025£118,200 FlatLeasehold
19, Forest Road CH43 8SH 24 Oct 2025£365,000 DetachedFreehold
7, Forest Road CH43 8SH 4 Jul 2025£350,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Forest Court, Forest Road CH43 8SD 2 Apr 2025£124,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 2, Airlie Wood, 32, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 14 Mar 2025£90,000 FlatLeasehold
29, Forest Road CH43 8SH 16 Dec 2024£205,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
12, Forest Court, Forest Road CH43 8SD 16 Dec 2024£135,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 12, 14 - 16, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 29 Nov 2024£135,000 FlatLeasehold
8, Holin Court, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 20 Nov 2024£122,000 FlatLeasehold
71, Forest Road CH43 1UH 13 Nov 2024£400,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
5, Holin Court, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 1 Nov 2024£90,000 FlatLeasehold
14, Forest Court, Forest Road CH43 8SD 8 Oct 2024£131,000 FlatLeasehold
10, Forest Court, Forest Road CH43 8SD 12 Aug 2024£111,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 1, Airlie Wood, 32, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 31 Jul 2024£75,000 FlatLeasehold
7, Holin Court, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 3 Nov 2023£85,000 FlatLeasehold
2, Holin Court, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 22 Sep 2023£88,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 8, St. Ives Court, Forest Road CH43 8TR 4 Jul 2023£115,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 33, St. Ives Court, Forest Road CH43 8TR 14 Mar 2023£95,000 FlatLeasehold
6, Forest Court, Forest Road CH43 8SD 13 Mar 2023£120,000 FlatLeasehold
58, Forest Road CH43 1UH 7 Oct 2022£302,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 8, Airlie Wood, 32, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 18 Jul 2022£55,000 FlatLeasehold
22, Forest Court, Forest Road CH43 8SD 1 Feb 2022£100,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 4, Airlie Wood, 32, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 16 Sep 2021£38,000 FlatLeasehold
1, Forest Court, Forest Road CH43 8SD 21 Jun 2021£92,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 31, St. Ives Court, Forest Road CH43 8TR 5 Mar 2021£97,000 FlatLeasehold
26, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 26 Feb 2021£220,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 7, St. Ives Court, Forest Road CH43 8TR 7 Dec 2020£98,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 11, 14 - 16, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 18 Dec 2019£60,000 FlatLeasehold
12A, Forest Court, Forest Road CH43 8SD 6 Nov 2019£85,000 FlatLeasehold
3, Forest Road CH43 8SH 6 Sep 2019£246,270 DetachedFreehold
Flat 17, St. Ives Court, Forest Road CH43 8TR 10 Jun 2019£108,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 12, 14 - 16, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 1 Feb 2019£98,250 FlatLeasehold
3A, Forest Road CH43 8SH 31 Oct 2018£295,000 DetachedFreehold
2, Holin Court, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 20 Jul 2018£85,000 FlatLeasehold
61, Forest Road CH43 1UH 8 May 2018£218,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
48, Forest Road CH43 1UH 2 Oct 2017£183,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 10, 14 - 16, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 15 Sep 2017£58,188 FlatLeasehold
7, Forest Road CH43 8SH 14 Jul 2017£160,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 3, 44, Forest Road CH43 1UH 2 Jun 2017£140,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 4, 44, Forest Road CH43 1UH 2 Jun 2017£140,000 FlatLeasehold
3, Holin Court, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 6 Mar 2017£85,000 FlatLeasehold
50, Forest Road CH43 1UH 29 Jul 2016£201,250 DetachedFreehold
Flat 11, Airlie Wood, 32, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 29 Mar 2016£55,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 7, 14 - 16, Forest Road CH43 8SJ 26 Feb 2016£99,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 9, St. Ives Court, Forest Road CH43 8TR 8 Feb 2016£106,000 FlatLeasehold

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
7, Forest Road £160,000 (Jul 2017) → £350,000 (Jul 2025) +119%
over 8 yrs
Flat 12, 14 - 16, Forest Road £98,250 (Feb 2019) → £135,000 (Nov 2024) +37%
over 6 yrs
2, Holin Court, Forest Road £85,000 (Jul 2018) → £88,000 (Sep 2023) +4%
over 5 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Forest Road

Crime

251 crimes were reported within about a mile of Forest Road in August 2026.

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

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

Violence & sexual offences102
Anti-social behaviour33
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order24
Drugs15
Shoplifting12

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

Flood risk

Forest Road is in or near 3 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

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 Forest Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Birkenhead Sixth Form College 16 plus 16–19 Report 0.1 mi
Wirral Hospitals' School 2 pupils Academy alternative provision converter 11–17 Report 0.2 mi
St Anselm's College 1,002 pupils Secondary Roman Catholic 11–18 Report 0.3 mi
Bidston Avenue Primary School 446 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.4 mi
Birkenhead High School Academy 1,226 pupils All-through 3–19 Good Report 0.4 mi
Co-op Academy Portland 227 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.5 mi
Kilgarth School 63 pupils Community special school 11–16 Report 0.6 mi
Birkenhead Park School 731 pupils Secondary 11–16 Requires improvement Report 0.6 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

  • Birkenhead Park station 0.7 mi · 14 min walk
  • Birkenhead North station 0.8 mi · 16 min walk
  • Conway Park station 1.3 mi · 26 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Tollemache Road (adj, Shrewsbury Road) 1 min walk
  • Tollemache Road (adj, Shrewsbury Road) 2 min walk
  • St Albans Road (adj, Park Road West) 2 min walk
  • Shrewsbury Road (adj, Tolllemache Road) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Paxton Medical Group
    Claughton Medical Centre, 161 Park Road North, Birkenhead · 0.3 mi
  • Cavendish Medical Centre
    Birkenhead Medical Building, 31 Laird Street, Birkenhead · 0.5 mi
  • Miriam Primary Care Group
    Birkenhead Medical Building, Laird Street, Birkenhead · 0.5 mi
  • Devaney Med Ctr
    40 Balls Road, Oxton, Prenton · 0.9 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 4 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 5 of 10 · Crime: decile 5 of 10.

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned68.7%62.5%
Private rented22.2%20.3%
Social rented9.1%17.1%
Households670

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1511.6%17.4%
Aged 15–6463.9%64.1%
Aged 65+24.5%18.6%
Residents1,517

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%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.

Nearby streets in CH43

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