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CH1 2DU

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
Ward
Chester City & the Garden Quarter
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston
Postcode district
CH1
Postcode sector
CH1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH1 2JA 29 m
CH1 2AW 45 m
CH1 2JG 65 m
CH1 2AH 67 m
CH1 4EH 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH1 2DU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH1
Postcode sector
CH1 2
Latitude
53.193511
Longitude
-2.893734
British National Grid easting
340,386
British National Grid northing
366,641

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire West and Chester · E06000050
Electoral ward
Chester City & the Garden Quarter · E05012211
Parish or community
E43000272
Westminster constituency
Chester North and Neston · E14001163
Output area
E00092437
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 034G · E01035376
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 034 · E02003803

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Property

At this postcode

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19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Centurion House, Flat 33, Firemans Square, Chester, CH1 2DU 1 August 2025 £615,000
Centurion House, Flat 24, Firemans Square, Chester, CH1 2DU 13 June 2025 £385,000
Centurion House, Flat 29, Firemans Square, Chester, CH1 2DU 30 April 2025 £425,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
28
Secondary
7

  1. Abbey School for Exceptional Children

    Other independent special school

    195 m

  2. The Queen's School

    Other independent school

    380 m

  3. Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    548 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,025
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,957
  • Shoplifting 760
  • Public order 654
  • Drugs 371
  • Other theft 335

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CH1 2 residents
1,397

Age bands in CH1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
5.8%

109 residents

Age 15 to 24
21.7%

411 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.1%

666 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.4%

368 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

341 residents

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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

NHS ODS

GP practices

14

within 5 km

  • FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81102

    185 m

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81080

    185 m

  • NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81121

    185 m

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81079

    185 m

  • ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS

    2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ

    ODS code N81655

    230 m

  • GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81081

    265 m

  • CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR

    ODS code N81082

    267 m

  • THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.

    GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS

    ODS code N81101

    1.1 km

  • BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code N81034

    1.2 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD

    ODS code N81046

    1.7 km

  • HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ

    ODS code N81009

    2.1 km

  • UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY

    WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD

    ODS code N81100

    2.3 km

  • LACHE HEALTH CENTRE

    HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX

    ODS code N81115

    2.6 km

  • WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE

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

    ODS code N81626

    2.7 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bull & Stirrup

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles

  • Canal Street

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles

  • Hunter Street

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles

  • Delamere Street

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles

  • Delamere Street

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 034G, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,709 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 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.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £350,000 from 19 recorded sales in CH1 2DU. 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

Published establishments

49 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Abbey School for Exceptional Children is the nearest published school at 195 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

5,025 published events cover 12 months, averaging 418.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,957 events.

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