CH42 — Birkenhead
Birkenhead's CH42 postcode sits in Wirral. The board behind it is assembled from 16,324 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical CH42 sale went from £29,000 in 1995 to £128,500 in 2026 — 4.4× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +44.2% that year. The one to avoid was 2020: the median moved -12.4%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in CH42
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £29,000 | 437 |
| 2000 | £34,000 | 602 |
| 2005 | £85,000 | 648 |
| 2010 | £90,000 | 231 |
| 2015 | £90,000 | 419 |
| 2020 | £96,375 | 416 |
| 2025 | £130,000 | 504 |
| 2026 | £128,500 | 86 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Birkenhead (CH42 9) (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: Woodchurch Road, Merlin Road, Woodville Road
- Birkenhead (CH42 6) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Mount Road, Ben Nevis Road, Yelverton Road
- Birkenhead (CH42 5) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Moorland Road, Parkside Road, Baytree Road
- Birkenhead (CH42 4) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Egerton Park, Old Chester Road, Bebington Road
- Birkenhead (CH42 7) (12% of local sales) — busiest streets: Harrowby Road, Elmswood Road, Maybank Road
- Birkenhead (CH42 0) (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: Raffles Road, Willmer Road, Larch Road
- Birkenhead (CH42 2) (10% of local sales) — busiest streets: Highfield Road, Spenser Avenue, Highfield Grove
- Birkenhead (CH42 8) (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Prenton Lane, Storeton Road, Mount Road
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2020 is the game. Play the CH42 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.