CH88 3AN

Chester City & the Garden Quarter · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester
Postcode district
CH88
Postcode sector
CH88 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH2 3DT 93 m
CH2 3DH 117 m
CH2 3DY 118 m
CH2 3BP 147 m
CH2 3AD 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CH88 3AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CH
Postcode district
CH88
Postcode sector
CH88 3
Latitude
53.194605
Longitude
-2.874748
British National Grid easting
341,656
British National Grid northing
366,747

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E43000272
Westminster constituency
Chester North and Neston · E14001163
Output area
E00168835
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 033E · E01032930
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 033 · E02003802

Postcode source versions

Explore CH88

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Tower House, Charterhall Drive, Chester, CH88 3AN 28 April 2025 £8,575,000
Tower House, Charterhall Drive, Chester, CH88 3AN 24 April 2024 £5,000,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
29
Secondary
7
  1. St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    152 m
  2. Hoole Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    611 m
  3. Maple Grove School

    Other independent special school

    698 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,996
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,082
  • Public order 661
  • Shoplifting 614
  • Drugs 359
  • Anti social behaviour 333

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
0%
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 straight-line

  • BOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code N81034

    209 m

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    SHAVINGTON AVENUE, NEWTON LANE, CHESTER, CH2 3RD

    ODS code N81046

    905 m

  • HEATH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HEATH LANE, GREAT BOUGHTON, CHESTER, CH3 5UJ

    ODS code N81009

    961 m

  • ST WERBURGH'S MEDICAL PRACTICE HOMELESS

    2A GEORGE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 3EQ

    ODS code N81655

    1.1 km

  • FOUNTAINS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81102

    1.2 km

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81080

    1.2 km

  • NORTHGATE VILLAGE SURGERY

    FOUNTAINS HEALTH, DELAMERE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 4DS

    ODS code N81121

    1.2 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81079

    1.2 km

  • GARDEN LANE MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81081

    1.4 km

  • CITY WALLS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARTINS WAY, CHESTER, CH1 2NR

    ODS code N81082

    1.5 km

  • THE HANDBRIDGE MED.CTR.

    GREENWAY STREET, HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, CH4 7JS

    ODS code N81101

    1.6 km

  • UPTON VILLAGE SURGERY

    WEALSTONE LANE, UPTON, CHESTER, CH2 1HD

    ODS code N81100

    2.2 km

  • LACHE HEALTH CENTRE

    HAWTHORN ROAD, LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 8HX

    ODS code N81115

    3.5 km

  • WESTERN AVE MEDICAL CTRE

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

    ODS code N81626

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Lock Vaults PH

    BCT · Hoole

    0.1 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Boughton

    0.2 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Boughton

    0.2 miles
  • St Paul's Church

    BCT · Boughton

    0.2 miles
  • St Werburghs School

    BCT · Hoole

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 033E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,513 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £6,787,500 from 2 recorded sales in CH88 3AN. 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

49 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 152 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,996 published events cover 12 months, averaging 416.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,082 events.

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