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WA16 9RX

Chelford · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Knutsford
Ward
Chelford
Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton
Postcode district
WA16
Postcode sector
WA16 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA16 0UH 220 m
WA16 0UT 229 m
WA16 9GN 339 m
WA16 9RU 366 m
WA16 0UQ 367 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA16 9RX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA16
Postcode sector
WA16 9
Latitude
53.273857
Longitude
-2.418452
British National Grid easting
372,192
British National Grid northing
375,288

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
Chelford · E05008617
Parish or community
E04010992
Westminster constituency
Tatton · E14001539
Output area
E00094156
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 007G · E01018654
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 007 · E02003859

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Station House, Plumley Moor Road, Plumley, Knutsford, WA16 9RX 2 July 2025 £870,000
Moorside, Plumley Moor Road, Plumley, Knutsford, WA16 9RX 16 January 2017 £987,500
Moorside, Plumley Moor Road, Plumley, Knutsford, WA16 9RX 17 September 1999 £365,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
2

  1. Lower Peover CofE Primary School

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    2.4 km

  2. Lostock Gralam CofE Primary School

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    3.0 km

  3. Bexton Primary School

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    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 4
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Other crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
WA16 9 residents
3,948

Age bands in WA16 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

668 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.3%

322 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.6%

686 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.7%

1,395 residents

Age 65 and over
30.3%

1,336 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA16 9 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+
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.

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

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Plumley Rail Station

    RLY · Plumley

    0.1 miles

  • Plumley Rail Station

    RSE · Plumley

    0.1 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Plumley

    0.4 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Plumley

    0.4 miles

  • Pinfold Lane

    BCT · Plumley

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 007G, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,873 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £870,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA16 9RX. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Lower Peover CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 4 events.

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