CH1 1DF

Chester City & the Garden Quarter · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester
Postcode district
CH1
Postcode sector
CH1 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH1 1EA 36 m
CH1 1SF 43 m
CH1 1RG 45 m
CH1 1AF 60 m
CH1 1SH 80 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH1 1DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH1
Postcode sector
CH1 1
Latitude
53.188617
Longitude
-2.889442
British National Grid easting
340,666
British National Grid northing
366,093

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E43000272
Westminster constituency
Chester North and Neston · E14001163
Output area
E00092441
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 034I · E01035378
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 034 · E02003803

Postcode source versions

Explore CH1

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Old Habitat Building, Pepper Street, Chester, CH1 1DF 17 February 2025 £4,000,000
33, Unit R3, Pepper Street, Chester, CH1 1DF 22 December 2021 £29,750
33, Pepper Street, Chester, CH1 1DF 23 May 2014 £3,750,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
27
Secondary
7
  1. The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy

    Free schools

    428 m
  2. Chester International School

    Studio schools

    429 m
  3. Abbey School for Exceptional Children

    Other independent special school

    451 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,705
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,900
  • Public order 627
  • Shoplifting 590
  • Drugs 372
  • Anti social behaviour 315

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CH1 1 residents
842

Age bands in CH1 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
6%

29 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

49 residents

Age 25 to 44
33%

159 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.3%

93 residents

Age 65 and over
31.5%

152 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
57.1%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
14.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
14.3%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
57.1%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

14

within 5 km

  • CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR

    ODS code N81082

    547 m

  • THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.

    GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS

    ODS code N81101

    550 m

  • ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS

    2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ

    ODS code N81655

    658 m

  • FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81102

    760 m

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81080

    760 m

  • NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81121

    760 m

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

    2ND FL, FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81079

    760 m

  • GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.

    19 GARDEN LANE, GARDEN LANE, CHESTER, CH1 4EN

    ODS code N81081

    875 m

  • BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP

    BOUGHTON HEALTH CENTRE, HOOLE LANE, BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH2 3DP

    ODS code N81034

    1.0 km

  • HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ

    ODS code N81009

    1.7 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD

    ODS code N81046

    1.9 km

  • LACHE HEALTH CENTRE

    HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX

    ODS code N81115

    2.4 km

  • UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY

    WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD

    ODS code N81100

    2.8 km

  • WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE

    GORDON ROAD, BLACON, BLACON,CHESTER, CHESTER, CH1 5PA

    ODS code N81626

    3.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Park & Ride

    BCT · Chester

    0.0 miles
  • Pepper Street

    BCT · Chester

    0.0 miles
  • Lower Bridge Street

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles
  • Ye Olde Kings Head

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles
  • Grosvenor Street

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 034I, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,707 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £2,014,875 from 2 recorded sales in CH1 1DF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cheshire West and Chester is £269,039 in June 2026, up 6.9% year on year.

Schools

48 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 428 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,705 published events cover 12 months, averaging 392.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,900 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.