CH4 7HW

Handbridge Park · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester
Postcode district
CH4
Postcode sector
CH4 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH4 7LA 56 m
CH4 7LG 93 m
CH4 7HT 101 m
CH4 7JU 107 m
CH4 7HS 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH4 7HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH4
Postcode sector
CH4 7
Latitude
53.181096
Longitude
-2.892653
British National Grid easting
340,441
British National Grid northing
365,259

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E43000272
Output area
E00092509
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 043F · E01018342
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 043 · E02003807

Postcode source versions

Explore CH4

38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
72, Overleigh Road, Chester, CH4 7HW 20 January 2026 £280,000
60, Overleigh Road, Chester, CH4 7HW 24 March 2025 £249,950
62, Overleigh Road, Chester, CH4 7HW 7 February 2025 £155,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
26
Secondary
7
  1. Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    249 m
  2. The Catholic High School, Chester

    Academy converter

    381 m
  3. Queen's Park High School

    Academy sponsor led

    589 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,528
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,455
  • Public order 503
  • Shoplifting 482
  • Anti social behaviour 232
  • Other theft 228

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

17 female, 19 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
1.7
CH4 7 residents
7,845

Age bands in CH4 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.6%

994 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

842 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.1%

1,667 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

2,286 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

2,106 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH4 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+
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

  • THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.

    GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS

    ODS code N81101

    359 m

  • CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR

    ODS code N81082

    1.2 km

  • ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS

    2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ

    ODS code N81655

    1.5 km

  • FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81102

    1.6 km

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81080

    1.6 km

  • NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81121

    1.6 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81079

    1.6 km

  • GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81081

    1.6 km

  • LACHE HEALTH CENTRE

    HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX

    ODS code N81115

    1.7 km

  • BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code N81034

    1.7 km

  • HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ

    ODS code N81009

    2.1 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD

    ODS code N81046

    2.7 km

  • WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE

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

    ODS code N81626

    3.5 km

  • UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY

    WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD

    ODS code N81100

    3.7 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

  • River Lane

    BCT · Handbridge

    0.0 miles
  • Brown's Lane

    BCT · Handbridge

    0.1 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Handbridge

    0.1 miles
  • Hugh Street

    BCT · Handbridge

    0.1 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Chester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 043F, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,764 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 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
1
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 £249,950 from 5 recorded sales in CH4 7HW. 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

47 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 249 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,528 published events cover 12 months, averaging 294 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,455 events.

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