Work, Play & Market Insights

Work, Play,
Market Insights

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The perfect place for families and professionals

Work &
employment

• Seen an increase in its enterprise base of 39% since 2005, faster than local, regional and national averages.

• Vauxhall Motors, Unilever, Cammell Laird, Peel Waters, Jaguar Land Rover, Wirral Metropolitan, Stena Line, University of Chester, The Contact Company, Einhell UK, Kelloggs, HM Land Registry, Baker and Baker, Airbus.

Play

• £14m Birkenhead Market.

• Birkenhead Park, famously inspiring the design of New York’s Central Park.

• Cheshire countryside and North Wales are within easy reach.

• Neighbour to New Brighton; a seaside town with ambitious plans to develop a resort destination, with a new Lido leisure facility, attracting domestic and international tourists.

• U-Boat story museum.

• Eureka! Mersey, a new visitor attraction for the Seacombe Ferry Terminal and Spaceport.

• Choose from water sports activities thanks to close proximity to the River Mersey and the coastline.

Market
& Stats

• 4th best property hotspot in the UK (The Guardian).

• Prices soared by 12.4% in last 12 months, and 21% in last 3 years. (Rightmove, The Guardian).

• £127,500 average apartment sales – 35% cheaper than the rest of the country (Rightmove, ONS, Home.co.uk).

• Average rents £1,157; £888 pcm – 1 bed, £1,241 pcm – 2 bed (Home.co.uk).

• Enjoyed average long-term yields of 9%.