WA3 5AS

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington North
Postcode district
WA3
Postcode sector
WA3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA3 5AP 140 m
WA3 5AL 449 m
WA3 5AN 504 m
WA3 5AR 552 m
WA3 5AJ 770 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA3 5AS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA3
Postcode sector
WA3 5
Latitude
53.441809
Longitude
-2.483212
British National Grid easting
368,000
British National Grid northing
394,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Parish or community
E04000324
Westminster constituency
Warrington North · E14001564
Output area
E00165701
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 002C · E01012475
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 002 · E02002591

Postcode source versions

Explore WA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
21
Secondary
4
  1. Gorse Covert Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  2. Culcheth Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  3. Culcheth High School

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA3 5 residents
4,743

Age bands in WA3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

722 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

419 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

1,007 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

1,418 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

1,054 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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • CULCHETH MEDICAL CENTRE

    JACKSON AVENUE, CULCHETH, WARRINGTON, WA3 4DZ

    ODS code N81059

    3.0 km

  • THE MOSSLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MACDONALD ROAD, IRLAM, MANCHESTER, M44 5LH

    ODS code P87610

    3.4 km

  • BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 BENSON ROAD, BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON, WA3 7PJ

    ODS code N81114

    4.1 km

  • CHAPEL GROUP MEDICAL CENTRE

    220 LIVERPOOL ROAD, IRLAM, MANCHESTER, M44 6FE

    ODS code P87649

    4.4 km

  • (IRLAM) SALFORD CARE CTRS MEDICAL PRACTI

    125 LIVERPOOL ROAD, IRLAM, MANCHESTER, M44 6DP

    ODS code P87657

    4.5 km

  • PARTINGTON CENTRAL SURGERY

    PARTINGTON HEALTH CENTRE, CENTRAL ROAD, PARTINGTON, MANCHESTER, M31 4FL

    ODS code P91019

    4.6 km

  • PARTINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

    PARTINGTON HEALTH CENTRE, CENTRAL ROAD, PARTINGTON, MANCHESTER, M31 4FL

    ODS code P91026

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Inglewood Close

    BCT · Gorse Covert

    1.0 miles
  • Holcroft Lane

    BCT · Culcheth

    1.1 miles
  • Holcroft Lane

    BCT · Culcheth

    1.1 miles
  • Hamsterly Close

    BCT · Gorse Covert

    1.1 miles
  • Ringwood Close

    BCT · Gorse Covert

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 002C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,202 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Gorse Covert Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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