CW5 5QS

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 5QZ 60 m
CW5 5XY 83 m
CW5 5QR 87 m
CW5 5TQ 89 m
CW5 5QW 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 5QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 5
Latitude
53.076005
Longitude
-2.520124
British National Grid easting
365,252
British National Grid northing
353,322

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
E00093121
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 047B · E01018454
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 047 · E02003836

Postcode source versions

Explore CW5

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Red Lion, Barony Road, Nantwich, CW5 5QS 24 July 2017 £1,958,915
Red Lion, Barony Road, Nantwich, CW5 5QS 22 February 2017 £1,100,000
98, Barony Road, Nantwich, CW5 5QS 17 March 2014 £238,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
17
Secondary
5
  1. Nantwich Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    699 m
  2. Highfields Academy

    Academy converter

    752 m
  3. Reaseheath College

    Further education

    963 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,338
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 650
  • Public order 136
  • Anti social behaviour 113
  • Criminal damage and arson 86
  • Shoplifting 85

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
52

42 female, 10 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
26.0
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 0.6% 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

4

within 5 km

  • NANTWICH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81010

    880 m

  • THE KILTEARN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81047

    880 m

  • TUDOR SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81090

    880 m

  • ROPE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROPE LANE, SHAVINGTON, CREWE, CW2 5DA

    ODS code N81084

    4.6 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

  • Vauxhall Road

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles
  • Vauxhall Road

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles
  • Cemetery Corner

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.2 miles
  • Cemetery Corner

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.2 miles
  • Davenport Avenue

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 047B, 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

9,071 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Nantwich Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 699 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,338 published events cover 12 months, averaging 111.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 650 events.

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