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CH1 2LB

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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH1 2LE 24 m
CH1 2LA 26 m
CH1 2JT 35 m
CH1 2AX 40 m
CH1 2BX 55 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH1 2LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH1
Postcode sector
CH1 2
Latitude
53.189881
Longitude
-2.893629
British National Grid easting
340,388
British National Grid northing
366,237

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E43000272
Westminster constituency
Chester North and Neston · E14001163
Output area
E00092438
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 034G · E01035376
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 034 · E02003803

Postcode source versions

Explore CH1

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
53, Watergate Street, Chester, CH1 2LB 9 April 2025 £162,000
75, Watergate Street, Chester, CH1 2LB 12 March 2024 £1,800,000
75, Watergate Street, Chester, CH1 2LB 10 December 2021 £153,600

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
27
Secondary
7
  1. The Queen's School

    Other independent school

    276 m
  2. Abbey School for Exceptional Children

    Other independent special school

    329 m
  3. The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy

    Free schools

    638 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,842
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,915
  • Shoplifting 667
  • Public order 641
  • Drugs 371
  • Anti social behaviour 326

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6
3 female, 3 male
Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.5
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

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH1 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

14

within 5 km straight-line

  • CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR

    ODS code N81082

    244 m

  • ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS

    2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ

    ODS code N81655

    548 m

  • FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81102

    583 m

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81080

    583 m

  • NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81121

    583 m

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81079

    583 m

  • GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81081

    629 m

  • THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.

    GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS

    ODS code N81101

    746 m

  • 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

    2.0 km

  • HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ

    ODS code N81009

    2.0 km

  • LACHE HEALTH CENTRE

    HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX

    ODS code N81115

    2.3 km

  • UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY

    WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD

    ODS code N81100

    2.7 km

  • WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE

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

    ODS code N81626

    2.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Watergate Street Coach Stop

    BCT · Chester

    100 m
  • New Crane Street Coach Stop

    BCT · Chester

    130 m
  • Nicholas Street Mews

    BCT · Chester

    175 m
  • Chester Northgate

    BCT · Chester

    177 m
  • Black Friars Coach Stop

    BCT · Chester

    239 m

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.

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
7
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 £162,000 from 3 recorded sales in CH1 2LB. 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 Queen's School is the nearest published school at 276 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,842 published events cover 12 months, averaging 404 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,915 events.

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