CW5 6AL

Bunbury · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Nantwich
Ward
Bunbury
Local authority
Cheshire East
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW5 6GR 493 m
CW5 6LH 819 m
CW5 6AH 971 m
CW5 6AW 1.0 km
CW5 6AJ 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 6AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 6
Latitude
53.098451
Longitude
-2.542199
British National Grid easting
363,792
British National Grid northing
355,830

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
Bunbury · E05008616
Parish or community
E04010993
Output area
E00093254
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 052B · E01034675
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 052 · E02007030

Postcode source versions

Explore CW5

39 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rotoiti, Dairy Lane, Poole, Nantwich, CW5 6AL 17 March 2026 £760,000
Faldice Cottage, Poole, Nantwich, CW5 6AL 19 September 2025 £197,500
Brook House Barn, Poole, Nantwich, CW5 6AL 25 July 2025 £885,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  2. Reaseheath College

    Further education

    1.9 km
  3. Acton Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
86

46 female, 40 male

Postcode households
40
Residents per household
2.1
CW5 6 residents
8,908

Age bands in CW5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.9%

1,360 residents

Age 15 to 24
13%

1,268 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

2,026 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

2,631 residents

Age 65 and over
25.4%

2,480 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CW5 6 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
10.5%
Next Generation Access
97.4%
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 straight-line

  • NANTWICH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81010

    3.7 km

  • THE KILTEARN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81047

    3.7 km

  • TUDOR SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81090

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Poole Nurseries

    BCT · Poole

    0.1 miles
  • Waines Hill

    BCT · Aston juxta Mondrum

    0.8 miles
  • Waines Hill

    BCT · Aston juxta Mondrum

    0.8 miles
  • Crossbanks Farm

    BCT · Cholmondeston

    1.0 miles
  • Crossbanks Farm

    BCT · Cholmondeston

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 052B, 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

16,295 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £745,000 from 9 recorded sales in CW5 6AL. 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

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 3 events.

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