CW5 8GJ

Wrenbury · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cheshire East
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW5 8GE 31 m
CW5 8GL 59 m
CW5 8GH 71 m
CW5 8GG 99 m
CW5 8ER 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 8GJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 8
Latitude
53.021623
Longitude
-2.601151
British National Grid easting
359,773
British National Grid northing
347,315

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
Wrenbury · E05008660
Parish or community
E04011030
Output area
E00093424
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 051E · E01018514
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 051 · E02003840

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Wrenbury Primary School

    Community school

    226 m
  2. Sound and District Primary School

    Community school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
63
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Public order 4
  • Other theft 3
  • Vehicle crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CW5 8 residents
4,628

Age bands in CW5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

641 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

386 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.5%

801 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.4%

1,532 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

1,223 residents

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE SURGERY

    WRENBURY MEDICAL CENTRE, NANTWICH ROAD, WRENBURY, NANTWICH, CW5 8EW

    ODS code N81614

    456 m

Nearby transport

  • Primary School

    BCT · Wrenbury

    0.1 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Wrenbury

    0.1 miles
  • Oakfield Avenue

    BCT · Wrenbury

    0.1 miles
  • Oakfield Avenue

    BCT · Wrenbury

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Wrenbury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 051E, 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

15,717 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wrenbury Primary School is the nearest published school at 226 m.

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

Recorded crime

63 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 29 events.

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