WA16 0QY

High Legh · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton
Postcode district
WA16
Postcode sector
WA16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA16 0QZ 437 m
WA16 0RF 812 m
WA16 0RA 885 m
WA16 0QX 1.0 km
WA16 0RD 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA16 0QY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA16
Postcode sector
WA16 0
Latitude
53.334591
Longitude
-2.476877
British National Grid easting
368,341
British National Grid northing
382,069

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
E04010952
Westminster constituency
Tatton · E14001539
Output area
E00093867
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 007A · E01018598
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
7
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. High Legh Primary School

    Community school

    3.0 km
  2. Appleton Thorn Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.5 km
  3. Cransley School

    Other independent school

    4.7 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 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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% 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+
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

1

within 5 km

  • THE LAKESIDE SURGERY

    LAKESIDE ROAD, LYMM, WA13 0QE

    ODS code N81108

    4.7 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

  • Old Post Office

    BCT · Arley

    1.1 miles
  • The Bears Paw Country Inn

    BCT · Sworton Heath

    1.4 miles
  • The Bears Paw Country Inn

    BCT · Sworton Heath

    1.4 miles
  • West Lane

    BCT · High Legh

    1.4 miles
  • West Lane

    BCT · High Legh

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 007A, 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

23,713 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. High Legh Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 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 3 events.

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