Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Plas Derwen is the nearest published school at 72 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH5 1BT
Shotton West · Flintshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Shotton West
- Local authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Alyn and Deeside
- Postcode district
- CH5
- Postcode sector
- CH5 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH5 1BT
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 September 1981
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH5
- Postcode sector
- CH5 1
- Latitude
- 53.211740
- Longitude
- -3.039153
- British National Grid easting
- 330,700
- British National Grid northing
- 368,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Flintshire · W06000005
- Electoral ward
- Shotton West · W05001613
- Parish or community
- W04000208
- Westminster constituency
- Alyn and Deeside · W07000082
- Output area
- W00001808
- Lower layer super output area
- Flintshire 009F · W01000337
- Middle layer super output area
- Flintshire 009 · W02000066
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 CH5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 72 m
Plas Derwen
Welsh establishment
- 94 m
Ven. Edward Morgan R.C. Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 860 m
Queens Ferry C.P. School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,743
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 661
- Anti social behaviour 282
- Shoplifting 205
- Criminal damage and arson 142
- Public order 130
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH5 1 residents
- 8,172
Age bands in CH5 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.1%
1,328 residents
812 residents
2,241 residents
2,236 residents
1,767 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.
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
DEESIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
17-21 CHESTER ROAD EAST, SHOTTON, DEESIDE, CH5 1QA
ODS code W91039
105 m
SHOTTON LANE SURGERY
38 SHOTTON LANE, SHOTTON, DEESIDE, CH5 1QT
ODS code W91036
320 m
ST MARKS DEE VIEW SURGERY
FRON ROAD, CONNAH'S QUAY, DEESIDE, CH5 4PJ
ODS code W91060
823 m
THE QUAY HEALTH CENTRE
FRON ROAD, CONNAH'S QUAY, DEESIDE, CH5 4PJ
ODS code W91607
823 m
THE QUAY SURGERY
THE QUAY HEALTH CENTRE, FRON ROAD, CONNAH'S QUAY, DEESIDE, CH5 4PJ
ODS code W91040
823 m
QUEENSFERRY MEDICAL PRACTICE
PIERCE STREET, QUEENSFERRY, DEESIDE, CH5 1SY
ODS code W91051
1.1 km
THE STABLES MEDICAL
27 GLYNNE WAY, HAWARDEN, DEESIDE, CH5 3PA
ODS code W91015
3.3 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Shotton High Level Rail Station
RSE · Shotton
- 0.0 miles
Shotton High Level Rail Station
RSE · Shotton
- 0.1 miles
Shotton Rail Station
RSE · Shotton
- 0.1 miles
Chester Rd West
BCT · Shotton
- 0.1 miles
Shotton Rail Station
RLY · Shotton
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,743 published events cover 12 months, averaging 145.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 661 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.