CH3 7QA

Christleton & Huntington · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Postcode district
CH3
Postcode sector
CH3 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH3 7QB 529 m
CH3 8EL 650 m
CH3 7PZ 699 m
CH3 8EN 809 m
CH3 8FA 906 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH3 7QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH3
Postcode sector
CH3 7
Latitude
53.195504
Longitude
-2.797916
British National Grid easting
346,790
British National Grid northing
366,787

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E04012578
Output area
E00092656
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 046B · E01018369
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 046 · E02003809

Postcode source versions

Explore CH3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Barrow CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km
  2. Barrow CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km
  3. Tarvin Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
18
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 8
  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
6.0
CH3 7 residents
6,747

Age bands in CH3 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,059 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

659 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.1%

1,226 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

1,978 residents

Age 65 and over
27.3%

1,852 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH3 7 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+
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ

    ODS code N81009

    4.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Stamford Bridge Inn

    BCT · Stamford Bridge

    0.4 miles
  • Cotton Lane

    BCT · Stamford Bridge

    0.4 miles
  • Lansdowne Road

    BCT · Stamford Bridge

    0.4 miles
  • Cotton Lane

    BCT · Stamford Bridge

    0.4 miles
  • Holmfield

    BCT · Tarvin

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 046B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,987 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
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

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Barrow CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

18 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 8 events.

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