Schools
36 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. St David's High School is the nearest published school at 277 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH4 8RU
Saltney Ferry · Flintshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Saltney Ferry
- Local authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Alyn and Deeside
- Postcode district
- CH4
- Postcode sector
- CH4 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH4 8RU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 2009
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH4
- Postcode sector
- CH4 8
- Latitude
- 53.178288
- Longitude
- -2.935343
- British National Grid easting
- 337,584
- British National Grid northing
- 364,983
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Flintshire · W06000005
- Electoral ward
- Saltney Ferry · W05001611
- Parish or community
- W04000206
- Westminster constituency
- Alyn and Deeside · W07000082
- Output area
- W00001769
- Lower layer super output area
- Flintshire 015D · W01000329
- Middle layer super output area
- Flintshire 015 · W02000072
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 CH4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 36
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 5
- 277 m
St David's High School
Welsh establishment
- 690 m
St Anthony's R.C. Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 895 m
Saltney Wood Memorial C.P. School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 840
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 398
- Public order 95
- Anti social behaviour 85
- Criminal damage and arson 60
- Other theft 59
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH4 8 residents
- 11,555
Age bands in CH4 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.9%
2,048 residents
1,215 residents
3,102 residents
3,184 residents
1,809 residents
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+
- 85.7%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 14.3%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 14.3%
- Gigabit-capable
- 14.3%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 85.7%
- 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
LACHE HEALTH CENTRE
HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX
ODS code N81115
1.5 km
WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE
GORDON ROAD, BLACON, BLACON,CHESTER, CHESTER, CH1 5PA
ODS code N81626
2.6 km
CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR
ODS code N81082
3.0 km
THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.
GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS
ODS code N81101
3.1 km
GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.
19 GARDEN LANE, GARDEN LANE, CHESTER, CH1 4EN
ODS code N81081
3.2 km
FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE
FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS
ODS code N81102
3.4 km
NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS
ODS code N81080
3.4 km
NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY
FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS
ODS code N81121
3.4 km
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FL, FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS
ODS code N81079
3.4 km
ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS
2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ
ODS code N81655
3.5 km
MARCHES MEDICAL PRACTICE
83 MAIN ROAD, BROUGHTON, CHESTER, CH4 0NR
ODS code W91021
4.1 km
BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP
BOUGHTON HEALTH CENTRE, HOOLE LANE, BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH2 3DP
ODS code N81034
4.3 km
HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ
ODS code N81009
4.9 km
PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD
ODS code N81046
5.0 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
- 0.1 miles
Sandy Lane Terminus
BCT · Saltney
- 0.2 miles
Sandy Lane
BCT · Saltney
- 0.2 miles
Sandy Lane
BCT · Saltney
- 0.2 miles
St David's Retail Park
BCT · Saltney
- 0.2 miles
Carlton Avenue
BCT · Saltney
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
840 published events cover 12 months, averaging 70 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 398 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.