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CW8 1FB

Northwich Winnington & Castle · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Northwich Winnington & Castle
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Mid Cheshire
Postcode district
CW8
Postcode sector
CW8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW8 1EZ 1 m
CW8 1HX 37 m
CW8 1JB 49 m
CW8 1EW 66 m
CW8 1EU 68 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW8 1FB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2001
Terminated
1 May 2001
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW8
Postcode sector
CW8 1
Latitude
53.256947
Longitude
-2.521431
British National Grid easting
365,311
British National Grid northing
373,452

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire West and Chester · E06000050
Electoral ward
Northwich Winnington & Castle · E05012230
Parish or community
E04012556
Westminster constituency
Mid Cheshire · E14001361
Output area
E00094447
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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
23
Secondary
5

  1. Charles Darwin Community Primary School

    Community school

    264 m

  2. Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    620 m

  3. Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College

    Academy 16-19 converter

    798 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,801
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 830
  • Public order 230
  • Shoplifting 163
  • Anti social behaviour 163
  • Criminal damage and arson 97

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • DANEBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LONDON ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW9 5HR

    ODS code N81087

    633 m

  • WATLING STREET SURGERY

    2 WATLING STREET, NORTHWICH, CW9 5EX

    ODS code N81055

    647 m

  • FIRDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FIRDALE ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW8 4AZ

    ODS code N81025

    1.1 km

  • WITTON STREET SURGERY

    162 WITTON STREET, NORTHWICH, CW9 5QU

    ODS code N81061

    1.3 km

  • MIDDLEWICH ROAD SURGERY

    163-165 MIDDLEWICH ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW9 7DB

    ODS code N81113

    2.1 km

  • OAKWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROADWAY, BARNTON, NORTHWICH, CW8 4LF

    ODS code N81067

    2.2 km

  • THE WEAVERHAM SURGERY

    NORTHWICH ROAD, WEAVERHAM, NORTHWICH, CW8 3EU

    ODS code N81051

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Beeston Street

    BCT · Northwich

    0.0 miles

  • Castle Court

    BCT · Northwich

    0.1 miles

  • Surgery

    BCT · Northwich

    0.1 miles

  • Surgery

    BCT · Northwich

    0.2 miles

  • Blue Barrel

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Charles Darwin Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 264 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,801 published events cover 12 months, averaging 150.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 830 events.

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