CH3 8AN

Sandstone · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby
Postcode district
CH3
Postcode sector
CH3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH3 8AJ 291 m
CH3 8BF 296 m
CH3 8AW 299 m
CH3 8AQ 351 m
CH3 8AL 417 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH3 8AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH3
Postcode sector
CH3 8
Latitude
53.234775
Longitude
-2.730880
British National Grid easting
351,313
British National Grid northing
371,108

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Electoral ward
Sandstone · E05012234
Parish or community
E04012554
Westminster constituency
Runcorn and Helsby · E14001455
Output area
E00092338
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 022A · E01018308
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 022 · E02003794

Postcode source versions

Explore CH3

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Oakleigh, Stable Lane, Mouldsworth, Chester, CH3 8AN 17 October 2025 £575,000
The Paddock, Stable Lane, Mouldsworth, Chester, CH3 8AN 16 December 2021 £895,000
Spy Hill, Stable Lane, Mouldsworth, Chester, CH3 8AN 4 August 2017 £729,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. Ashton Hayes Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  2. Fern House School and College

    Other independent special school

    2.5 km
  3. Alvanley and Manley Village School

    Community school

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

17 female, 14 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
3.1
CH3 8 residents
4,547

Age bands in CH3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

787 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

375 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.1%

942 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,317 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

1,267 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH3 8 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

2

within 5 km

  • KELSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    7 GREEN HILL ROAD, KELSALL, TARPORLEY, CW6 0SN

    ODS code N81120

    3.2 km

  • HELSBY HEALTH CENTRE

    LOWER ROBIN HOOD LANE, HELSBY, FRODSHAM, WA6 0BW

    ODS code N81005

    4.8 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

  • Smithy Lane

    BCT · Mouldsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Mouldsworth Rail Station

    RSE · Mouldsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Mouldsworth Rail Station

    RLY · Mouldsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Mouldsworth Rail Station

    RSE · Mouldsworth

    0.2 miles
  • Mouldsworth Rail Station

    RSE · Mouldsworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 022A, 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

15,891 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 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

Property market

The five-year median is £735,000 from 2 recorded sales in CH3 8AN. 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ashton Hayes Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 2 events.

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