CH1 6NS

Saughall & Mollington · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH1 6NQ 276 m
CH1 6NP 300 m
CH1 6NE 306 m
CH1 6PP 324 m
CH1 6NJ 347 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH1 6NS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH1
Postcode sector
CH1 6
Latitude
53.220475
Longitude
-2.920235
British National Grid easting
338,654
British National Grid northing
369,663

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E04011141
Westminster constituency
Chester North and Neston · E14001163
Output area
E00092614
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 025A · E01018360
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 025 · E02003795

Postcode source versions

Explore CH1

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Elms Cottages, 4, Townfield Lane, Mollington, Chester, CH1 6NS 25 November 2025 £410,000
Elms Cottages, 3, Townfield Lane, Mollington, Chester, CH1 6NS 27 April 2020 £189,000
Elms Cottages, 4, Townfield Lane, Mollington, Chester, CH1 6NS 11 December 2018 £211,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
20
Secondary
5
  1. St Oswald's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. St Theresa's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km
  3. The Arches Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
661
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 360
  • Public order 81
  • Criminal damage and arson 48
  • Other theft 39
  • Anti social behaviour 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.0
CH1 6 residents
5,287

Age bands in CH1 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

804 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

457 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

1,028 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,472 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

1,483 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH1 6 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

13

within 5 km

  • WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE

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

    ODS code N81626

    2.2 km

  • UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY

    WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD

    ODS code N81100

    2.5 km

  • GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81081

    3.2 km

  • FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81102

    3.4 km

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81080

    3.4 km

  • NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81121

    3.4 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81079

    3.4 km

  • ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS

    2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ

    ODS code N81655

    3.5 km

  • CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR

    ODS code N81082

    3.6 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD

    ODS code N81046

    3.7 km

  • BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code N81034

    4.3 km

  • THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.

    GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS

    ODS code N81101

    4.6 km

  • HOPE FARM MEDICAL CENTRE

    HOPE FARM ROAD, GREAT SUTTON, ELLESMERE PORT, CH66 2WW

    ODS code N81092

    5.0 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

  • Townfield Lane

    BCT · Mollington

    0.1 miles
  • Townfield Lane

    BCT · Mollington

    0.1 miles
  • Hotel & Spa

    BCT · Mollington

    0.1 miles
  • Hotel & Spa

    BCT · Mollington

    0.1 miles
  • Well Lane

    BCT · Mollington

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 025A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,863 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £410,000 from 1 recorded sale in CH1 6NS. 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

36 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Oswald's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

661 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 360 events.

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