CW4 7LJ

Dane Valley · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Crewe
Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton
Postcode district
CW4
Postcode sector
CW4 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW4 7LL 93 m
CW4 7PR 121 m
CW4 7JL 148 m
CW4 7JH 162 m
CW4 7JB 167 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW4 7LJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW4
Postcode sector
CW4 7
Latitude
53.196429
Longitude
-2.365982
British National Grid easting
375,647
British National Grid northing
366,655

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Parish or community
E04010954
Westminster constituency
Congleton · E14001178
Output area
E00092927
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 023B · E01018414
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 023 · E02003812

Postcode source versions

Explore CW4

70 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Selkirk Drive, Holmes Chapel, Crewe, CW4 7LJ 19 February 2025 £290,000
33, Selkirk Drive, Holmes Chapel, Crewe, CW4 7LJ 25 October 2024 £275,000
26, Selkirk Drive, Holmes Chapel, Crewe, CW4 7LJ 13 June 2024 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School

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    211 m
  2. Holmes Chapel Primary School

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    636 m
  3. Hermitage Primary School

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    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
242
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 125
  • Public order 29
  • Other theft 19
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
100

51 female, 49 male

Postcode households
46
Residents per household
2.2
CW4 7 residents
6,048

Age bands in CW4 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

976 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

545 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

1,209 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

1,722 residents

Age 65 and over
29.4%

1,858 residents

This postcode contained 1.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CW4 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+
30.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
30.4%
Gigabit-capable
30.4%
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE HEALTH CENTRE (HOLMES CHAPEL)

    LONDON ROAD, HOLMES CHAPEL, CREWE, CW4 7BB

    ODS code N81077

    798 m

Nearby transport

  • Holmes Chapel Comprehensive

    BCT · Holmes Chapel

    0.1 miles
  • Brookfield Drive

    BCT · Holmes Chapel

    0.3 miles
  • Brookfield Drive

    BCT · Holmes Chapel

    0.3 miles
  • Bramhall Drive

    BCT · Holmes Chapel

    0.4 miles
  • Bramhall Drive

    BCT · Holmes Chapel

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 023B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,988 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
Low risk addresses
2
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 £280,000 from 9 recorded sales in CW4 7LJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cheshire East is £303,387 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School is the nearest published school at 211 m.

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

Recorded crime

242 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 125 events.

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