Dentons Green
Suburb · 5,178 residents
67Good
Good · better than 8 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- 10 GP practices within a short walk
- Affordability scores 72, well above the typical 60
- 74% of residents live within five minutes of a park
Check before you view
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Dentons Green
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Is Dentons Green a good place to live?
Dentons Green scores 67/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for health (87) and affordability (72).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Dentons Green in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Dentons Green
Terraced streets dominate here, red-brick and tightly packed, the kind of housing stock that has housed St Helens families for generations rather than turned over to new arrivals. You won't find flat conversions or new-build cul-de-sacs — this is a settled, working terrace suburb, and it looks like one.
The numbers back up that impression of permanence: with a median age of 44 against a national 40, and a population density well above the North West average, this is a place of long tenancies rather than churn, and the 1.8% turnover rate confirms people don't move on quickly. On schooling, Bleak Hill Primary School carries an Outstanding rating and sits alongside Rivington Primary and St Thomas of Canterbury, both rated Good — a genuinely solid spread for a small suburb with only two schools counted in the immediate area. Getting about relies on the area's 30 transport stops rather than rail; if you need a station for commuting into Liverpool or Manchester, this isn't a place where that's part of the daily rhythm.
The green space is real and used — nineteen sites totalling nearly 35 hectares, more generous per head than the regional norm — which matters in a suburb this dense, giving the terraces breathing room that the street pattern alone wouldn't suggest. What you won't find much of is nightlife or a restaurant scene; the grades are honest about that trade-off, strong on environment and affordability, weaker on evening life. This is a place for a walk in the park and a local pub rather than a night out with options.