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WA16 0QH

High Legh · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
High Legh
Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton
Postcode district
WA16
Postcode sector
WA16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA16 0QJ 501 m
WA16 0QQ 675 m
WA16 0QL 801 m
WA16 0QU 937 m
WA16 0QG 974 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA16 0QH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA16
Postcode sector
WA16 0
Latitude
53.330246
Longitude
-2.447519
British National Grid easting
370,293
British National Grid northing
381,573

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
High Legh · E05008631
Parish or community
E04010971
Westminster constituency
Tatton · E14001539
Output area
E00094119
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 007C · E01018648
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 007 · E02003859

Postcode source versions

Explore WA16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. High Legh Primary School

    Community school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Public order 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

4 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.0
WA16 0 residents
5,890

Age bands in WA16 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,014 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

531 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

1,220 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

1,810 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

1,286 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA16 0 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Oak Wood Road

    BCT · Hoo Green

    1.1 miles

  • Kilton Inn

    BCT · Hoo Green

    1.2 miles

  • Kilton Inn

    BCT · Hoo Green

    1.2 miles

  • Kilton Inn

    BCT · Hoo Green

    1.3 miles

  • West Lane

    BCT · High Legh

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 007C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,261 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. High Legh Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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