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CW8 2RD

Northwich Witton · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Northwich Witton
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Mid Cheshire
Postcode district
CW8
Postcode sector
CW8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW9 9BS 0 m
CW9 9BU 0 m
CW9 9DH 0 m
CW9 9FS 0 m
CW9 9HA 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW8 2RD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW8
Postcode sector
CW8 2
Latitude
53.261344
Longitude
-2.508697
British National Grid easting
366,164
British National Grid northing
373,935

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire West and Chester · E06000050
Electoral ward
Northwich Witton · E05012231
Parish or community
E04012556
Westminster constituency
Mid Cheshire · E14001361
Output area
E00094469
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 018B · E01018714
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 018 · E02003879

Postcode source versions

Explore CW8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
22
Secondary
5

  1. Adventure Wellbeing School

    Other independent special school

    118 m

  2. Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    249 m

  3. Victoria Road Primary School

    Academy converter

    549 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,751
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 796
  • Public order 217
  • Shoplifting 206
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Criminal damage and arson 90

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CW8 2 residents
10,268

Age bands in CW8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,622 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

821 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.5%

2,001 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

3,073 residents

Age 65 and over
26.8%

2,751 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

  • WITTON STREET SURGERY

    162 WITTON STREET, NORTHWICH, CW9 5QU

    ODS code N81061

    318 m

  • WATLING STREET SURGERY

    2 WATLING STREET, NORTHWICH, CW9 5EX

    ODS code N81055

    345 m

  • DANEBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LONDON ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW9 5HR

    ODS code N81087

    418 m

  • MIDDLEWICH ROAD SURGERY

    163-165 MIDDLEWICH ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW9 7DB

    ODS code N81113

    1.3 km

  • FIRDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FIRDALE ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW8 4AZ

    ODS code N81025

    2.1 km

  • OAKWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROADWAY, BARNTON, NORTHWICH, CW8 4LF

    ODS code N81067

    2.6 km

  • THE WEAVERHAM SURGERY

    NORTHWICH ROAD, WEAVERHAM, NORTHWICH, CW8 3EU

    ODS code N81051

    4.6 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

  • Police Station

    BCT · Northwich

    0.0 miles

  • Sheath Street

    STR · Northwich

    0.0 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Northwich

    0.1 miles

  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Northwich

    0.1 miles

  • Northwich Bus Interchange

    BCT · Northwich

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 018B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,851 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Adventure Wellbeing School is the nearest published school at 118 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,751 published events cover 12 months, averaging 145.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 796 events.

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