CW8 1BN

Northwich Winnington & Castle · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Northwich
Constituency
Mid Cheshire
Postcode district
CW8
Postcode sector
CW8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW8 1BS 81 m
CW8 1BW 86 m
CW8 1DE 129 m
CW8 1DF 138 m
CW8 1DH 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW8 1BN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW8
Postcode sector
CW8 1
Latitude
53.253561
Longitude
-2.522859
British National Grid easting
365,213
British National Grid northing
373,076

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E04012556
Westminster constituency
Mid Cheshire · E14001361
Output area
E00094454
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 020A · E01018709
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 020 · E02003881

Postcode source versions

Explore CW8

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
68, Darwin Street, Northwich, CW8 1BN 5 January 2022 £217,500
50, Darwin Street, Northwich, CW8 1BN 9 September 2021 £163,000
58, Darwin Street, Northwich, CW8 1BN 4 May 2021 £175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Charles Darwin Community Primary School

    Community school

    140 m
  2. Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    580 m
  3. Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College

    Academy 16-19 converter

    595 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,857
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 858
  • Public order 238
  • Anti social behaviour 178
  • Shoplifting 174
  • Criminal damage and arson 91

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

13 female, 9 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.8
CW8 1 residents
9,153

Age bands in CW8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,530 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

922 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

2,260 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,673 residents

Age 65 and over
20.7%

1,922 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CW8 1 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

7

within 5 km

  • DANEBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LONDON ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW9 5HR

    ODS code N81087

    881 m

  • FIRDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FIRDALE ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW8 4AZ

    ODS code N81025

    970 m

  • WATLING STREET SURGERY

    2 WATLING STREET, NORTHWICH, CW9 5EX

    ODS code N81055

    978 m

  • WITTON STREET SURGERY

    162 WITTON STREET, NORTHWICH, CW9 5QU

    ODS code N81061

    1.6 km

  • MIDDLEWICH ROAD SURGERY

    163-165 MIDDLEWICH ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW9 7DB

    ODS code N81113

    2.3 km

  • OAKWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROADWAY, BARNTON, NORTHWICH, CW8 4LF

    ODS code N81067

    2.5 km

  • THE WEAVERHAM SURGERY

    NORTHWICH ROAD, WEAVERHAM, NORTHWICH, CW8 3EU

    ODS code N81051

    3.8 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

  • Lee Drive

    BCT · Northwich

    0.0 miles
  • Lee Drive

    BCT · Northwich

    0.0 miles
  • Athelbrae Close

    BCT · Northwich

    0.2 miles
  • Surgery

    BCT · Northwich

    0.2 miles
  • Athelbrae Close

    BCT · Northwich

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 020A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,491 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
10 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 £190,250 from 2 recorded sales in CW8 1BN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cheshire West and Chester is £269,039 in June 2026, up 6.9% year on year.

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Charles Darwin Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 140 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,857 published events cover 12 months, averaging 154.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 858 events.

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