CW8 4TA

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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW8 4EE 39 m
CW8 4SU 79 m
CW8 4QN 89 m
CW8 4US 105 m
CW8 4SQ 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW8 4TA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW8
Postcode sector
CW8 4
Latitude
53.263996
Longitude
-2.537214
British National Grid easting
364,264
British National Grid northing
374,244

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E04012556
Westminster constituency
Mid Cheshire · E14001361
Output area
E00188934
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 018E · E01035370
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 018 · E02003879

Postcode source versions

Explore CW8

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Austin Drive, Northwich, CW8 4TA 9 July 2024 £320,000
8, Austin Drive, Northwich, CW8 4TA 26 February 2024 £322,500
2, Austin Drive, Northwich, CW8 4TA 11 October 2019 £227,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    999 m
  2. Charles Darwin Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  3. Rosebank School

    Community special school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
942
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 491
  • Public order 96
  • Anti social behaviour 78
  • Criminal damage and arson 61
  • Other theft 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

12 female, 14 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.7
CW8 4 residents
13,394

Age bands in CW8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

2,505 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

1,215 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.5%

4,028 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.2%

3,325 residents

Age 65 and over
16.2%

2,134 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CW8 4 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

  • OAKWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROADWAY, BARNTON, NORTHWICH, CW8 4LF

    ODS code N81067

    976 m

  • FIRDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FIRDALE ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW8 4AZ

    ODS code N81025

    1.1 km

  • WATLING STREET SURGERY

    2 WATLING STREET, NORTHWICH, CW9 5EX

    ODS code N81055

    1.6 km

  • DANEBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LONDON ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW9 5HR

    ODS code N81087

    1.8 km

  • WITTON STREET SURGERY

    162 WITTON STREET, NORTHWICH, CW9 5QU

    ODS code N81061

    2.2 km

  • THE WEAVERHAM SURGERY

    NORTHWICH ROAD, WEAVERHAM, NORTHWICH, CW8 3EU

    ODS code N81051

    2.7 km

  • MIDDLEWICH ROAD SURGERY

    163-165 MIDDLEWICH ROAD, NORTHWICH, CW9 7DB

    ODS code N81113

    3.3 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

  • Armitage Way

    BCT · Winnington

    0.0 miles
  • Armitage Way

    BCT · Winnington

    0.0 miles
  • Parry Avenue

    BCT · Winnington

    0.1 miles
  • Whitby Drive

    BCT · Winnington

    0.1 miles
  • Roman Way

    BCT · Winnington

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,886 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £321,250 from 2 recorded sales in CW8 4TA. 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

37 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 999 m.

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

Recorded crime

942 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 491 events.

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