CW5 6NX

Wistaston · 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 6NA 68 m
CW5 6RL 91 m
CW5 6PL 128 m
CW5 6RW 138 m
CW5 6RN 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 6NX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 6
Latitude
53.069592
Longitude
-2.486928
British National Grid easting
367,471
British National Grid northing
352,593

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
Wistaston · E05008659
Parish or community
E04011024
Westminster constituency
Crewe and Nantwich · E14001185
Output area
E00093310
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 046B · E01018491
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 046 · E02003835

Postcode source versions

Explore CW5

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Willaston Hall Gardens, Willaston, Nantwich, CW5 6NX 17 October 2025 £750,000
3, Willaston Hall Gardens, Willaston, Nantwich, CW5 6NX 12 April 2006 £310,000
1, Willaston Hall Gardens, Willaston, Nantwich, CW5 6NX 13 January 1995 £142,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
23
Secondary
8
  1. Willaston Primary Academy

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    132 m
  2. Wistaston Church Lane Academy

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    1.5 km
  3. Highfields Academy

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    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
311
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 159
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Public order 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Other theft 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
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 0.1% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • NANTWICH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81010

    2.1 km

  • THE KILTEARN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81047

    2.1 km

  • TUDOR SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81090

    2.1 km

  • ROPE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROPE LANE, SHAVINGTON, CREWE, CW2 5DA

    ODS code N81084

    2.2 km

  • EARNSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81053

    3.9 km

  • MILLCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81016

    3.9 km

  • GROSVENOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    GROSVENOR STREET, CREWE, CW1 3HB

    ODS code N81068

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Colleys Lane

    BCT · Willaston

    0.1 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Willaston

    0.1 miles
  • Colleys Lane

    BCT · Willaston

    0.1 miles
  • The Spinney

    BCT · Willaston

    0.1 miles
  • Bayley Road

    BCT · Willaston

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 046B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,647 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 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
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £750,000 from 1 recorded sale in CW5 6NX. 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

37 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 8 secondary schools. Willaston Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 132 m.

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

Recorded crime

311 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 159 events.

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