CH3 9DQ

Farndon · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Farndon
Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency: Chester South and Eddisbury
Postcode district: CH3
Postcode sector: CH3 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SY14 7HP	299 m
SY14 7HW	725 m
CH3 9GB	757 m
SY14 7HR	865 m
SY14 7HS	1.0 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CH3 9DQ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1993
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CH
Postcode district: CH3
Postcode sector: CH3 9
Latitude: 53.074024
Longitude: -2.807325
British National Grid easting: 346,009
British National Grid northing: 353,280

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North West · E12000002
Local authority district: Cheshire West and Chester · E06000050
Electoral ward: Farndon · E05012214
Parish or community: E04012532
Westminster constituency: Chester South and Eddisbury · E14001164
Output area: E00092693
Lower layer super output area: Cheshire West and Chester 047E · E01018373
Middle layer super output area: Cheshire West and Chester 047 · E02003810

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 CH3

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools: 4
Primary: 4
Secondary: 0

Clutton Church of England Primary School

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1.3 km
Tilston Parochial CofE Primary Academy

Academy converter
1.9 km
Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 10
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 4
Vehicle crime 2
Burglary 1
Other theft 1
Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 5; 3 female, 2 male
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
CH3 9 residents: 4,455

Age bands in CH3 9

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 14.1%; 647 residents
Age 15 to 24: 9.2%; 421 residents
Age 25 to 44: 19.3%; 885 residents
Age 45 to 64: 29.8%; 1,362 residents
Age 65 and over: 27.5%; 1,260 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH3 9 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: 100%

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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Carden Lodge

BCT · Lower Carden
412 m
Holywell Lane

BCT · Clutton
1.2 km
Holywell Lane

BCT · Clutton
1.2 km
Beechfield

BCT · Stretton
1.2 km
Beechfield

BCT · Stretton
1.2 km

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 047E, 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

18,516 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 9 of 10
Education and skills: 9 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 7 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Clutton Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 km.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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