To ask the best places to live in Merseyside area?

I’m from the Wirral didn’t know what SWA stood for (although am aware of FTM another footie one) that did make me laugh

We are also looking at relocating to Liverpool! Good luck on your search. It's so difficult narrowing down areas!

Formby is lovely - it’s on my list of places to live when I move to Merseyside in a couple of years

That made me LOL 🤣

You’d get something decent for your money in Bebington, Bromborough or Eastham - all on the Merseyrail network. Some of the nicer parts like Eastham Village are a mile or so from a station, but the Merseyrail car parks are free, and you can park for free in Port Sunlight village if you need to. New Brighton is also worth a look.

There’s crime and antisocial behaviour here like anywhere, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near as bad as a PP made out. DSS has certainly roamed freely and never encountered any trouble.

My Dad was a Tranmere fan. I asked my Mum what SWA stood for and she replied Super White Arseholes!,

Yabu.

And John Lennon went to calderstones (in the olden days when it had a different name )

I love liverpool it has character the people are great yes there are some tougher areas. The Wirral ( more so from centre towards Wales) is more scenic but less character and less good for things like theatres and arts (apart from Victorian and preraphaelite art). Depends what you want really and where your job is. I’ve lived in Oxton (Oxton village is nice ), Anfield , toxteth , Sefton park in the leafy suburbs and Allerton

It’s a straight easy train journey from hoylake or West Kirby into Liverpool city center !

Burscough , Rainford, Ormskirk.

Sadly, that's now the reality for so many of the nicer places in the North West

Our 3 bed semi was half a million 😂😩

Where 3 bed semis in a decent state for 250k are rare as hens teeth

Are you a wool by any chance? 😂

Waterloo in Sefton, 20 minuutes by car to the city centre, 15 on the train, countryside and beaches in walking distance.

This used to be the case but not anymore. This year no child was admitted (EHCP LAC aside) further than 1.369 miles. It has finally become a local comprehensive for local children, rather than how it used to be which was an undersubscribed comp with places allocated to children across the city. I suspect catchment will narrow further next year again! I’ve been watching this school for years and it really now is a good a good school. So much so that we moved less than a mile away from Calderstones to be guaranteed a place!

I've lived here my entire life and would have to disagree. Calderstones and South Liverpool is a lovely place to live. You are right in some respects - Liverpool does have areas of poverty and higher crime but there is a massive difference between areas. I wouldn't define West Kirkby or Caldy by the crime rate and socio-economic profile of Birkenhead - Wirral is not an homogenous entity and neither is Liverpool. There is no homelessness problem in South Liverpool. Unless you mean 5 big issue sellers? The City Centre does....like London does. The OP should look everywhere. I haven't commented on suggestions of Wirral, Crosby etc as they are all viable options but starting to talk about drug problems and homelessness problems in South Liverpool is not helpful and a bit misleading. It may give the OP the wrong idea about a lovely area that should be on the shortlist.

Lived there for many years. Know many people who went to Calderstones school. Most of them involved with drugs if only recreationally. That's the reality.
Depends what you mean by a low opinion really. Liverpool is a really interesting and characterful city. It's also a city with huge amounts of poverty, deprivation, crime, historically severe corruption in both police and council, although I believe those problems have improved in recent years, but still the distrust remains. There is a big homelessness problem even in south Liverpool - as in all cities, but it's spread to well out of the city centre.
I don't think anyone who's lived there any length of time and got to know local people would say any different?

Ainsdale has a nice village-y atmosphere, some good bars/restaurants, a train station with regular services to Liverpool, not sure about the schools.

I agree, I grew up in Liverpool and lived on the ring road around Sefton Park. Lark lane, Aigburth, childwall, Woolton are all nice areas with lots of amenities and good schools. St Hilda's is on Ullet Rd, & Bellerive are in L17 and the Bluecoat L15 is on the outskirts of childwall and was the number one school to attend. St Julie's is also a good school.

Hoylake is nice. Station straight to Liverpool and really good beaches.
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Maghull, Waterloo, Lydiate and crosby, formby, Thornton all nice areas!

Apologies from me- I don’t think any of my areas suggested would get something nice within budget, hadn’t appreciated how much house prices have risen.
Would possibly get a project in one of the ex council house areas in Ainsdale, but not hillside, birkdale, Formby, Heswall or nicer areas of Southport town.

Massive generalisation! Suggesting that places like Mossley Hill and Calderstones have big drug problems reeks of bias. Saying 'nice' would seem to indicate that you have a low opinion of Liverpool.