CW5 5LH

Nantwich North and West · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Nantwich
Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Crewe and Nantwich
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW5 5HG 82 m
CW5 5HU 82 m
CW5 5JS 86 m
CW5 5BT 106 m
CW5 5HQ 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 5LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 5
Latitude
53.064163
Longitude
-2.532979
British National Grid easting
364,381
British National Grid northing
352,011

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Parish or community
E04013198
Westminster constituency
Crewe and Nantwich · E14001185
Output area
E00174360
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 050F · E01033373
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 050 · E02003839

Postcode source versions

Explore CW5

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
32, Marsh Lane, Nantwich, CW5 5LH 18 December 2025 £310,000
34, Marsh Lane, Nantwich, CW5 5LH 4 September 2025 £131,233
Half Mile House, Marsh Lane, Nantwich, CW5 5LH 28 February 2022 £520,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. Millfields Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    169 m
  2. Malbank School and Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    581 m
  3. Nantwich Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,428
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 735
  • Public order 154
  • Anti social behaviour 113
  • Other theft 88
  • Criminal damage and arson 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
38

19 female, 19 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.2
CW5 5 residents
8,801

Age bands in CW5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

1,149 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

786 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.6%

2,212 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

2,160 residents

Age 65 and over
24.2%

2,013 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CW5 5 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

3

within 5 km

  • NANTWICH HEALTH CENTRE

    CHURCH VIEW PCC, BEAM STREET, NANTWICH, CW5 5NX

    ODS code N81010

    1.1 km

  • THE KILTEARN MEDICAL CTR.

    KILTEARN MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH VIEW PCC, BEAM STREET, NANTWICH, CW5 5NX

    ODS code N81047

    1.1 km

  • TUDOR SURGERY

    CHURCH VIEW PCC, BEAM STREET, NANTWICH, CW5 5NX

    ODS code N81090

    1.1 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Marsh Lane

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles
  • 117 Marsh Lane

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.2 miles
  • Cope Avenue

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.2 miles
  • Marsh Lane

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.2 miles
  • Millfields

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 050F, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,682 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
7 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
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
4
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 £345,000 from 4 recorded sales in CW5 5LH. 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Millfields Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 169 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,428 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 735 events.

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