Schools
62 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 8 secondary schools. Padgate Academy is the nearest published school at 188 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WA2 0GZ
Poulton North · Warrington · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Poulton North
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Postcode district
- WA2
- Postcode sector
- WA2 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA2 0GZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1995
- Terminated
- 1 November 2017
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA2
- Postcode sector
- WA2 0
- Latitude
- 53.411247
- Longitude
- -2.557785
- British National Grid easting
- 363,020
- British National Grid northing
- 390,636
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Warrington · E06000007
- Electoral ward
- Poulton North · E05011041
- Parish or community
- E04013419
- Westminster constituency
- Warrington North · E14001564
- Output area
- E00063266
- Lower layer super output area
- Warrington 007B · E01012540
- Middle layer super output area
- Warrington 007 · E02002596
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WA2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 62
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 8
- 188 m
Padgate Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 387 m
Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate
Voluntary aided school
- 662 m
St Bridget's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,763
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 874
- Public order 186
- Anti social behaviour 145
- Criminal damage and arson 133
- Other theft 91
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WA2 0 residents
- 16,712
Age bands in WA2 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
3,058 residents
1,940 residents
4,227 residents
4,383 residents
3,151 residents
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.
GP practices
21
within 5 km straight-line
FEARNHEAD CROSS MED.CTR.
25 FEARNHEAD CROSS, INSALL ROAD, PADGATE, FEARNHEAD, WARRINGTON, WA2 0HD
ODS code N81048
90 m
PADGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
12 STATION ROAD, PADGATE, WARRINGTON, WA2 0RX
ODS code N81109
536 m
FAIRFIELD SURGERY
WOOLSTON CLINIC, HOLES LANE, WOOLSTON, WARRINGTON, WA1 4LS
ODS code Y01108
1.4 km
HOLES LANE MEDICAL LTD.
THE SURGERY, 28 HOLES LANE, WOOLSTON, WARRINGTON, WA1 4NE
ODS code N81007
1.5 km
GREENBANK SURGERY
274 MANCHESTER ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA1 3RB
ODS code N81089
1.9 km
MANCHESTER ROAD SURGERY
280 MANCHESTER ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA1 3RB
ODS code N81107
1.9 km
BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
15 BENSON ROAD, BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON, WA3 7PJ
ODS code N81114
2.1 km
4 SEASONS MEDICAL CENTRE
ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE
ODS code N81645
2.2 km
PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE
ODS code N81083
2.2 km
HELSBY STREET MED/CTR
2 HELSBY STREET, WARRINGTON, WA1 3AW
ODS code N81041
2.2 km
COCKHEDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
7 COCKHEDGE WAY, WARRINGTON, WA1 2QQ
ODS code N81637
3.1 km
DALLAM LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
20 DALLAM LANE, WARRINGTON, WA2 7NG
ODS code N81097
3.2 km
THE ERIC MOORE PARTNERSHIP
MEDI CENTRE, 1 TANNERS LANE, WARRINGTON, WA2 7NJ
ODS code N81628
3.3 km
LATCHFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
5 THELWALL LANE, LATCHFORD, WARRINGTON, WA4 1LJ
ODS code N81065
3.4 km
FOLLY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
FOLLY LANE, BEWSEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 0LU
ODS code N81056
3.6 km
SPRINGFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE BATHS HLTH & W/B CTR, LEGH STREET, WARRINGTON, WA1 1UG
ODS code N81036
3.6 km
GUARDIAN STREET MED/CTR
GUARDIAN STREET, WARRINGTON, WA5 1UD
ODS code N81012
3.9 km
CAUSEWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
166-170 WILDERSPOOL CAUSEWAY, WARRINGTON, WA4 6QA
ODS code N81028
4.0 km
STOCKTON HEATH MED.CENTRE
THE FORGE, LONDON ROAD, STOCKTON HEATH, WARRINGTON, WA4 6HJ
ODS code N81075
4.7 km
WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
301-302 WESTBROOK CENTRE, WESTBROOK, WARRINGTON, WA5 8UF
ODS code N81122
5.0 km
Showing 20 of 21 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Gayhurst Avenue
BCT · Fearnhead
- 0.1 miles
Valiant Close
BCT · Fearnhead
- 0.1 miles
Farmers Arms
BCT · Fearnhead
- 0.1 miles
Gayhurst Avenue
BCT · Fearnhead
- 0.1 miles
Farmers Arms
BCT · Fearnhead
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 007B, 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
25,384 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
Recorded crime
1,763 published events cover 12 months, averaging 146.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 874 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.