WA3 6EZ

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA3 6PH 188 m
WA3 6NH 254 m
WA3 6QQ 331 m
WA3 4FS 376 m
WA3 6AA 376 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA3 6EZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 1982
Terminated
1 December 1997
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA3
Postcode sector
WA3 6
Latitude
53.434480
Longitude
-2.516244
British National Grid easting
365,800
British National Grid northing
393,200

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
30
Primary
20
Secondary
5
  1. Gorse Covert Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  2. Newchurch Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km
  3. Birchwood CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
348
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 196
  • Public order 32
  • Other theft 26
  • Anti social behaviour 24
  • Criminal damage and arson 18

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • CULCHETH MEDICAL CENTRE

    JACKSON AVENUE, CULCHETH, WARRINGTON, WA3 4DZ

    ODS code N81059

    2.0 km

  • BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 BENSON ROAD, BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON, WA3 7PJ

    ODS code N81114

    2.2 km

  • FEARNHEAD CROSS MED.CTR.

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

    ODS code N81048

    3.9 km

  • PADGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 STATION ROAD, PADGATE, WARRINGTON, WA2 0RX

    ODS code N81109

    4.1 km

  • FAIRFIELD SURGERY

    WOOLSTON CLINIC, HOLES LANE, WOOLSTON, WARRINGTON, WA1 4LS

    ODS code Y01108

    4.2 km

  • HOLES LANE MEDICAL LTD.

    THE SURGERY, 28 HOLES LANE, WOOLSTON, WARRINGTON, WA1 4NE

    ODS code N81007

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Leacroft Road

    BCT · Risley

    0.3 miles
  • Leacroft Road

    BCT · Risley

    0.3 miles
  • Risley Road

    BCT · Risley

    0.4 miles
  • Noggin Inn

    BCT · Risley

    0.5 miles
  • Merefield

    BCT · Risley

    0.5 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. Gorse Covert Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

348 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 196 events.

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