L66 5NE

Willaston & Thornton · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Postcode district
L66
Postcode sector
L66 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CH66 5NE 81 m
CH66 1NG 155 m
CH66 5NG 236 m
CH66 1NQ 294 m
CH66 1NH 319 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L66 5NE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L66
Postcode sector
L66 5
Latitude
53.299506
Longitude
-2.949152
British National Grid easting
336,840
British National Grid northing
378,480

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Parish or community
E43000272
Westminster constituency
Chester North and Neston · E14001163
Output area
E00093710
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 004C · E01018570
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 004 · E02003842

Postcode source versions

Explore L66

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
28
Secondary
4
  1. Childer Thornton Primary School

    Academy converter

    563 m
  2. Rossmore School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  3. Little Sutton C of E Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
276
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 134
  • Public order 32
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Other theft 15

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT SUTTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OLD CHESTER ROAD, GREAT SUTTON, ELLESMERE PORT, CH66 3NZ

    ODS code N81050

    2.7 km

  • EASTHAM GROUP PRACTICE

    47 BRIDLE ROAD, BROMBOROUGH, WIRRAL, CH62 6EE

    ODS code N85005

    3.0 km

  • WESTMINSTER SURGERY

    16-18 CHURCH PARADE, ELLESMERE PORT, CH65 2ER

    ODS code N81607

    3.8 km

  • OLD HALL SURGERY

    24-26 STANNEY LANE, ELLESMERE PORT, CH65 9AD

    ODS code N81117

    4.0 km

  • ORCHARD SURGERY

    VILLAGE ROAD, BROMBOROUGH, WIRRAL, CH62 7EU

    ODS code N85047

    4.0 km

  • YORK ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    YORK ROAD, ELLESMERE PORT, CH65 0DB

    ODS code N81063

    4.0 km

  • HOPE FARM MEDICAL CENTRE

    HOPE FARM ROAD, GREAT SUTTON, ELLESMERE PORT, CH66 2WW

    ODS code N81092

    4.2 km

  • THE WILLASTON SURGERY

    NESTON ROAD, WILLASTON, NESTON, CH64 2TN

    ODS code Y04664

    4.2 km

  • WHITBY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    114 CHESTER ROAD, WHITBY, ELLESMERE PORT, CH65 6TG

    ODS code N81093

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Crossroads

    BCT · Hooton

    0.3 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Childer Thornton

    0.4 miles
  • Crossroads

    BCT · Hooton

    0.4 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Childer Thornton

    0.4 miles
  • Crossroads

    BCT · Hooton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 004C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,359 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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

35 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. Childer Thornton Primary School is the nearest published school at 563 m.

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

Recorded crime

276 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 134 events.

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