Schools
46 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 7 secondary schools. Newton Primary School is the nearest published school at 174 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH2 2XB
Newton & Hoole · Cheshire West and Chester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Newton & Hoole
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- Postcode district
- CH2
- Postcode sector
- CH2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH2 2XB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 December 1997
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH2
- Postcode sector
- CH2 2
- Latitude
- 53.205732
- Longitude
- -2.881068
- British National Grid easting
- 341,249
- British National Grid northing
- 367,990
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Cheshire West and Chester · E06000050
- Electoral ward
- Newton & Hoole · E05012228
- Parish or community
- E43000272
- Westminster constituency
- Chester North and Neston · E14001163
- Output area
- E00092624
- Lower layer super output area
- Cheshire West and Chester 028A · E01018362
- Middle layer super output area
- Cheshire West and Chester 028 · E02003797
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CH2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 46
- Primary
- 27
- Secondary
- 7
- 174 m
Newton Primary School
Community school
- 266 m
The Firs School
Other independent school
- 556 m
Mill View Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,462
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,571
- Public order 448
- Shoplifting 264
- Drugs 243
- Anti social behaviour 234
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH2 2 residents
- 7,847
Age bands in CH2 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 20%
1,218 residents
877 residents
2,196 residents
2,082 residents
1,589 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.
GP practices
14
within 5 km straight-line
PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD
ODS code N81046
631 m
UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY
WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD
ODS code N81100
923 m
ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS
2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ
ODS code N81655
1.4 km
FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE
FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS
ODS code N81102
1.4 km
NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS
ODS code N81080
1.4 km
NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY
FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS
ODS code N81121
1.4 km
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FL, FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS
ODS code N81079
1.4 km
BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP
BOUGHTON HEALTH CENTRE, HOOLE LANE, BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH2 3DP
ODS code N81034
1.5 km
GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.
19 GARDEN LANE, GARDEN LANE, CHESTER, CH1 4EN
ODS code N81081
1.5 km
CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR
ODS code N81082
1.9 km
HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ
ODS code N81009
2.2 km
THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.
GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS
ODS code N81101
2.5 km
WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE
GORDON ROAD, BLACON, BLACON,CHESTER, CHESTER, CH1 5PA
ODS code N81626
3.4 km
LACHE HEALTH CENTRE
HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX
ODS code N81115
4.2 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Newton Corner
BCT · Newton
- 0.1 miles
Sandon Road
BCT · Newton
- 0.2 miles
Newton Lane
BCT · Newton
- 0.2 miles
Newton Lane
BCT · Newton
- 0.2 miles
Lime Wood Close
BCT · Newton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 028A, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,766 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
Recorded crime
3,462 published events cover 12 months, averaging 288.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,571 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.