CH3 5BA

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
CH3
Postcode sector
CH3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH3 5AT 16 m
CH3 5BJ 21 m
CH3 5AU 46 m
CH3 5AQ 60 m
CH3 5BN 63 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH3 5BA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH3
Postcode sector
CH3 5
Latitude
53.191894
Longitude
-2.876743
British National Grid easting
341,519
British National Grid northing
366,447

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E43000272
Westminster constituency
Chester North and Neston · E14001163
Output area
E00168836
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 033F · E01032931
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 033 · E02003802

Postcode source versions

Explore CH3

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2 Chepstow House, Dee Hills Park, Chester, CH3 5BA 21 November 2025 £1,080,000
1 Chepstow House, Dee Hills Park, Chester, CH3 5BA 1 March 2018 £755,000
3 Chepstow House, Dee Hills Park, Chester, CH3 5BA 13 December 2017 £755,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
29
Secondary
7
  1. St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    482 m
  2. The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy

    Free schools

    513 m
  3. Cherry Grove Primary School

    Community school

    740 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,874
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,012
  • Public order 649
  • Shoplifting 602
  • Drugs 365
  • Other theft 320

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
0.5
CH3 5 residents
12,544

Age bands in CH3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,927 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,164 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

3,009 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

3,306 residents

Age 65 and over
23.8%

2,935 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH3 5 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.

GP practices

14

within 5 km

  • BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code N81034

    121 m

  • HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ

    ODS code N81009

    921 m

  • ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS

    2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ

    ODS code N81655

    975 m

  • FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81102

    1.1 km

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81080

    1.1 km

  • NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81121

    1.1 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81079

    1.1 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD

    ODS code N81046

    1.2 km

  • THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.

    GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS

    ODS code N81101

    1.2 km

  • CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR

    ODS code N81082

    1.3 km

  • GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81081

    1.4 km

  • UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY

    WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD

    ODS code N81100

    2.5 km

  • LACHE HEALTH CENTRE

    HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX

    ODS code N81115

    3.2 km

  • WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE

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

    ODS code N81626

    3.9 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

  • Health Centre

    BCT · Boughton

    0.0 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Boughton

    0.0 miles
  • Steam Mill Street

    BCT · Boughton

    0.1 miles
  • St Paul's Church

    BCT · Boughton

    0.2 miles
  • Lock Vaults PH

    BCT · Hoole

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 033F, 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

15,732 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
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 £1,080,000 from 1 recorded sale in CH3 5BA. 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

50 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 482 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,874 published events cover 12 months, averaging 406.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,012 events.

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