WA3 6DG

Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington North
Postcode district
WA3
Postcode sector
WA3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA3 6BT 20 m
WA3 6DD 41 m
WA3 6BH 67 m
WA3 6HP 98 m
WA3 5EE 176 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA3 6DG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
1 April 2002
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA3
Postcode sector
WA3 6
Latitude
53.446153
Longitude
-2.514910
British National Grid easting
365,898
British National Grid northing
394,498

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Parish or community
E04000322
Westminster constituency
Warrington North · E14001564
Output area
E00188925
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 001A · E01012471
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 001 · E02002590

Postcode source versions

Explore WA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
17
Secondary
4
  1. Newchurch Community Primary School

    Community school

    600 m
  2. Culcheth High School

    Community school

    941 m
  3. Culcheth Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    978 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
361
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 176
  • Public order 43
  • Anti social behaviour 40
  • Shoplifting 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA3 6 residents
10,619

Age bands in WA3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

1,466 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,070 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.5%

2,938 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

2,971 residents

Age 65 and over
18.1%

1,865 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • CULCHETH MEDICAL CENTRE

    JACKSON AVENUE, CULCHETH, WARRINGTON, WA3 4DZ

    ODS code N81059

    936 m

  • BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 BENSON ROAD, BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON, WA3 7PJ

    ODS code N81114

    3.5 km

  • LOWTON & PLATT BRIDGE SURGERY

    208C NEWTON ROAD, LOWTON, WARRINGTON, WA3 2AQ

    ODS code P92651

    4.2 km

  • FEARNHEAD CROSS MED.CTR.

    25 FEARNHEAD CROSS, INSALL ROAD, PADGATE, FEARNHEAD, WARRINGTON, WA2 0HD

    ODS code N81048

    4.9 km

  • LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE

    LEIGH STADIUM, SALE WAY, LEIGH, WN7 4JY

    ODS code Y02886

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Taylor Business Park

    BCT · Culcheth

    0.3 miles
  • Newchurch Lane

    BCT · Culcheth

    0.3 miles
  • Newchurch Lane

    BCT · Culcheth

    0.4 miles
  • Chatburn Court

    BCT · Culcheth

    0.4 miles
  • Chatburn Court

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 001A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,033 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 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

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Newchurch Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 600 m.

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

Recorded crime

361 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 176 events.

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