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CH3 5UY

Great Boughton · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester
Ward
Great Boughton
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston
Postcode district
CH3
Postcode sector
CH3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH3 5UU 37 m
CH3 5XB 99 m
CH3 5XE 137 m
CH3 5XD 200 m
CH3 5UT 201 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH3 5UY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH3
Postcode sector
CH3 5
Latitude
53.186606
Longitude
-2.868419
British National Grid easting
342,068
British National Grid northing
365,852

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire West and Chester · E06000050
Electoral ward
Great Boughton · E05012217
Parish or community
E43000272
Westminster constituency
Chester North and Neston · E14001163
Output area
E00092399
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 041B · E01018321
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 041 · E02003806

Postcode source versions

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Edgewood Flats, 6, Dee Banks, Great Boughton, Chester, CH3 5UY 19 May 2012 £122,500
Edgewood Flats, 5, Dee Banks, Great Boughton, Chester, CH3 5UY 31 October 2002 £100,000
Edgewood Flats, 8, Dee Banks, Great Boughton, Chester, CH3 5UY 24 April 1997 £38,750

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
30
Secondary
7

  1. The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School

    Academy converter

    295 m

  2. Boughton Heath Academy

    Academy converter

    424 m

  3. Dee Banks School

    Community special school

    527 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,641
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,433
  • Shoplifting 576
  • Public order 468
  • Drugs 271
  • Other theft 221

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

7 female, 5 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.1% 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.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

14

within 5 km

  • HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ

    ODS code N81009

    404 m

  • BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code N81034

    858 m

  • THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.

    GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS

    ODS code N81101

    1.4 km

  • ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS

    2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ

    ODS code N81655

    1.7 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD

    ODS code N81046

    1.8 km

  • FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81102

    1.9 km

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81080

    1.9 km

  • NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81121

    1.9 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81079

    1.9 km

  • CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR

    ODS code N81082

    1.9 km

  • GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81081

    2.1 km

  • UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY

    WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD

    ODS code N81100

    3.2 km

  • LACHE HEALTH CENTRE

    HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX

    ODS code N81115

    3.4 km

  • WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE

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

    ODS code N81626

    4.6 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

  • Walmoor Park

    BCT · Boughton

    0.1 miles

  • Walmoor Park

    BCT · Boughton

    0.1 miles

  • Beckett's Lane

    BCT · Boughton

    0.1 miles

  • Heath Lane

    BCT · Boughton Heath

    0.2 miles

  • Sandy Lane

    BCT · Dee Banks

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 041B, 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

30,748 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School is the nearest published school at 295 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,641 published events cover 12 months, averaging 303.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,433 events.

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