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WA16 8EA

Knutsford · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Knutsford
Ward
Knutsford
Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton
Postcode district
WA16
Postcode sector
WA16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA16 8QB 50 m
WA16 8WR 82 m
WA16 8DZ 88 m
WA16 8QD 131 m
WA16 8GP 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA16 8EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA16
Postcode sector
WA16 8
Latitude
53.300682
Longitude
-2.368869
British National Grid easting
375,514
British National Grid northing
378,254

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
Knutsford · E05008632
Parish or community
E04013190
Westminster constituency
Tatton · E14001539
Output area
E00093909
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 010E · E01018608
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 010 · E02003863

Postcode source versions

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Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Brook Lane, Knutsford, WA16 8EA 22 October 2025 £725,000
The Orchard, Brook Lane, Knutsford, WA16 8EA 27 November 2013 £750,000
Brook House, Brook Lane, Knutsford, WA16 8EA 10 September 2013 £835,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. Egerton Primary School

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    578 m

  2. St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    648 m

  3. Manor Park Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    804 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
587
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 262
  • Public order 66
  • Shoplifting 62
  • Criminal damage and arson 41
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
WA16 8 residents
7,985

Age bands in WA16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

1,414 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

662 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

1,780 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

2,185 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

1,736 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA16 8 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 straight-line

  • KNUTSFORD MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    MANCHESTER ROAD MED/CTR, 27-29 MANCHESTER ROAD, KNUTSFORD, WA16 0LY

    ODS code N81049

    837 m

Nearby transport

  • Aldi

    BCT · Knutsford

    0.1 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Knutsford

    0.1 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Knutsford

    0.1 miles

  • Grove Park

    BCT · Knutsford

    0.1 miles

  • Knutsford Rail Station

    RLY · Knutsford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 010E, 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

33,693 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £725,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA16 8EA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cheshire East is £303,387 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Egerton Primary School is the nearest published school at 578 m.

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

Recorded crime

587 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 262 events.

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