CW5 6LA

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW5 6LB 48 m
CW5 6HR 56 m
CW5 6EU 63 m
CW5 6HA 91 m
CW5 6ES 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 6LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 6
Latitude
53.071167
Longitude
-2.510065
British National Grid easting
365,922
British National Grid northing
352,779

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
E00093128
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 047D · E01018456
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 047 · E02003836

Postcode source versions

Explore CW5

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Heath Bank Cottages, 5, Birchin Lane, Nantwich, CW5 6LA 26 April 2024 £170,000
Heath Bank Cottages, 5, Birchin Lane, Nantwich, CW5 6LA 8 February 2019 £155,000
11, Heathbank Cottages, Nantwich, CW5 6LA 23 November 2018 £140,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
6
  1. Highfields Academy

    Academy converter

    211 m
  2. Nantwich Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    763 m
  3. Pear Tree Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,408
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 690
  • Public order 149
  • Anti social behaviour 110
  • Criminal damage and arson 91
  • Shoplifting 86

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

14 female, 12 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.3% 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+
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

6

within 5 km

  • NANTWICH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81010

    658 m

  • THE KILTEARN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81047

    658 m

  • TUDOR SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81090

    658 m

  • ROPE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROPE LANE, SHAVINGTON, CREWE, CW2 5DA

    ODS code N81084

    3.8 km

  • EARNSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAGLE BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, DUNWOODY WAY, CREWE, CW1 3AW

    ODS code N81053

    4.9 km

  • MILLCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAGLE BRIDGE H & W CENTRE, DUNWOODY WAY, CREWE, CW1 3AW

    ODS code N81016

    4.9 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

  • Mount Drive

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.0 miles
  • Mount Drive

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles
  • Willowbank

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles
  • Willowbank

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles
  • Harvey Avenue

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 047D, 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

33,171 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £170,000 from 1 recorded sale in CW5 6LA. 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 6 secondary schools. Highfields Academy is the nearest published school at 211 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,408 published events cover 12 months, averaging 117.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 690 events.

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