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Melford Drive, Prenton

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House prices, sold prices and local information for CH43 3EX.

Average price (last 12 months)
£200,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2017)
£149,619
21 sales
Price range
£69k – £215k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
28 Jul 2026
CH43 3EX

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At a glance

House prices£150k averageSince 2017 (few recent sales) CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 7 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station31 min walkUpton station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold96% freeholdAcross 23 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

21 property sales on Melford Drive, Prenton have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2017. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £200,000. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £166,364. 6 homes here have sold more than once since 2017; 6 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 52% detached, 33% terraced, 14% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Melford Drive range from £69,000 to £215,000. 96% of homes sold here were freehold and 4% leasehold.

House prices on Melford Drive compared

CH43 postcode area£267,282
Prenton£267,413
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Melford Drive has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all CH43 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2017: £131,200 (5 sales)2017£131k2018: £160,000 (1 sales)2018£160k2019: £155,000 (1 sales)2019£155k2020: £145,000 (2 sales)2020£145k2021: £134,500 (4 sales)2021£135k2022: £164,000 (3 sales)2022£164k2024: £162,750 (4 sales)2024£163k2026: £200,000 (1 sales)2026£200k

Tenure: 96% freehold and 4% leasehold across 23 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached11£166,36428 Jul 2026
Terraced7£125,28628 Oct 2024
Semi-detached3£145,00019 Nov 2020

Sold prices on Melford Drive

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
46, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 28 Jul 2026£200,000 DetachedFreehold
2, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 28 Oct 2024£197,000 TerracedFreehold
50, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 25 Jun 2024£215,000 DetachedFreehold
6, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 29 May 2024£129,000 TerracedFreehold
4, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 28 Mar 2024£110,000 TerracedFreehold
51, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 28 Nov 2022£207,000 DetachedFreehold
14, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 4 Oct 2022£100,000 TerracedFreehold
2, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 22 Apr 2022£185,000 TerracedFreehold
40, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 10 Dec 2021£170,000 DetachedFreehold
49, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 29 Sep 2021£130,000 DetachedFreehold
7, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 20 Aug 2021£52,000 FlatLeasehold
45, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 19 Apr 2021£151,000 DetachedFreehold
19, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 12 Mar 2021£87,000 TerracedFreehold
33, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 19 Nov 2020£130,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
41, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 14 Aug 2020£160,000 DetachedFreehold
8, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 1 Aug 2019£82,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
18, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 27 Jun 2019£155,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
53, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 19 Dec 2018£160,000 DetachedFreehold
14, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 29 Sep 2017£69,000 TerracedFreehold
18, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 14 Aug 2017£150,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
51, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 11 Aug 2017£135,000 DetachedFreehold
41, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 27 Jul 2017£154,000 DetachedFreehold
40, Melford Drive CH43 3EX 20 Mar 2017£148,000 DetachedFreehold

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
2, Melford Drive £185,000 (Apr 2022) → £197,000 (Oct 2024) +6%
over 3 yrs
51, Melford Drive £135,000 (Aug 2017) → £207,000 (Nov 2022) +53%
over 5 yrs
14, Melford Drive £69,000 (Sep 2017) → £100,000 (Oct 2022) +45%
over 5 yrs
40, Melford Drive £148,000 (Mar 2017) → £170,000 (Dec 2021) +15%
over 5 yrs
41, Melford Drive £154,000 (Jul 2017) → £160,000 (Aug 2020) +4%
over 3 yrs
18, Melford Drive £150,000 (Aug 2017) → £155,000 (Jun 2019) +3%
over 2 yrs

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Schools near Melford Drive

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Prenton Primary School 393 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.5 mi
Foxfield School 242 pupils Community special school 11–19 Report 0.5 mi
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School 208 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 2–11 Report 0.5 mi
Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School 207 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Woodchurch High School 1,399 pupils Secondary Church of England 11–16 Report 0.8 mi
Ridgeway High School 858 pupils Secondary 11–16 Good Report 0.9 mi
Townfield Primary School 487 pupils Primary 2–11 Report 0.9 mi
Fender Primary School 275 pupils Primary 4–11 Good Report 1.0 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, shops and health

Train stations

  • Upton station 1.5 mi · 31 min walk
  • Rock Ferry station 2.2 mi · 44 min walk
  • Green Lane station 2.2 mi · 44 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Ennerdale Road (adj, Woodchurch Road) 3 min walk
  • Prenton Village Road (adj, Prenton Hall Road) 4 min walk
  • Palmwood Close (opp, Woodchurch Road) 4 min walk
  • Waterpark Road (adj, Prenton Hall Road) 4 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Prenton & Woodchurch Medical Centre
    516-518 Woodchurch Road, Prenton, Wirral · 0.2 mi
  • Holmlands Med Ctr
    16-20 Holmlands Dr, Oxton, Birkenhead, Wirral, Prenton · 0.4 mi
  • The Villa Medical Centre
    1-2 Roman Road, Prenton · 0.5 mi
  • West Wirral Group Practice
    The Warrens Medical Centre, Arrowe Park Road, Wirral · 1.3 mi

Supermarkets

  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Wirral Prenton Hall Road · 0.3 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Birkenhead Holmlands Drive · 0.3 mi
  • Asda Superstore Asda Arrowe Park Superstore · 0.6 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Noctorum Townfield Close · 0.7 mi

Pharmacies

  • Holmlands Pharmacy · 0.4 mi
  • Prenton Dell Pharmacy · 0.5 mi
  • Asda Pharmacy · 0.6 mi

Dentists

  • Holmlands Dental Practice · 0.3 mi
  • The Arno Dental Practice · 0.7 mi
  • Westbourne Dental Practice · 1.0 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 7 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.

Income7 of 10
Employment6 of 10
Education and skills7 of 10
Health and disability4 of 10
Crime9 of 10
Access to housing and services10 of 10
Living environment4 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned87.7%62.5%
Private rented11.3%20.3%
Social rented0.8%17.1%
Households644

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1514.7%17.4%
Aged 15–6464.4%64.1%
Aged 65+20.9%18.6%
Residents1,475

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.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks93%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks98%92%

Share of homes across Wirral with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. 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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Who lives around Melford Drive

Ethnic group

HereWirral
White96.9%95.2%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2%2.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%1.5%
Other ethnic group0.3%0.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0%0.4%

Religion

HereWirral
Christian61.1%55%
No religion33.4%37.3%
Not answered4.8%5.3%
Buddhist0.3%0.3%
Other religion0.3%0.4%
Sikh0.2%–
Hindu0%0.4%
Jewish0%0.1%

Country of birth

HereWirral
Born in the UK96.2%94.6%
Born outside the UK3.8%5.4%

Highest qualification

HereWirral
Level 4 qualifications and above27.4%31.5%
Level 3 qualifications22.1%17.9%
No qualifications16.9%17.9%
Level 2 qualifications15.6%14.7%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.5%9.6%
Apprenticeship6.3%6%
Other qualifications2.2%2.4%

General health

HereWirral
Very good health50.6%46.5%
Good health31.3%32.1%
Fair health12.1%14.2%
Bad health4.7%5.6%
Very bad health1.3%1.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereWirral
1 car or van in household43.1%42.4%
2 cars or vans in household32.4%25.2%
No cars or vans in household15.5%25.1%
3 or more cars or vans in household9%7.4%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Wirral.

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