Schools
48 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 6 secondary schools. Birchwood School is the nearest published school at 375 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WA3 6GY
Birchwood · Warrington · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Warrington
- Ward
- Birchwood
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Postcode district
- WA3
- Postcode sector
- WA3 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA3 6GY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1997
- Terminated
- 1 December 2002
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA3
- Postcode sector
- WA3 6
- Latitude
- 53.418546
- Longitude
- -2.521874
- British National Grid easting
- 365,413
- British National Grid northing
- 391,430
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Warrington · E06000007
- Electoral ward
- Birchwood · E05011026
- Parish or community
- E04000320
- Westminster constituency
- Warrington North · E14001564
- Output area
- E00062864
- Lower layer super output area
- Warrington 005D · E01012466
- Middle layer super output area
- Warrington 005 · E02002594
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
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Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Oliver Plunkett Catholic Primary School, Admirals Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6GY | 21 December 2017 | £1,160,000 |
| Sir Oliver Plunkett Catholic Primary School, Admirals Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6GY | 27 June 2017 | £492,667 |
| Sir Oliver Plunkett Catholic Primary School, Admirals Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6GY | 27 June 2017 | £274,600 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 48
- Primary
- 33
- Secondary
- 6
- 375 m
Birchwood School
Other independent special school
- 431 m
Birchwood CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 544 m
Birchwood Community High School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 708
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 340
- Public order 78
- Anti social behaviour 53
- Vehicle crime 47
- Other theft 43
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%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.1%
1,466 residents
1,070 residents
2,938 residents
2,971 residents
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
13
within 5 km straight-line
BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
15 BENSON ROAD, BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON, WA3 7PJ
ODS code N81114
458 m
FAIRFIELD SURGERY
WOOLSTON CLINIC, HOLES LANE, WOOLSTON, WARRINGTON, WA1 4LS
ODS code Y01108
2.5 km
HOLES LANE MEDICAL LTD.
THE SURGERY, 28 HOLES LANE, WOOLSTON, WARRINGTON, WA1 4NE
ODS code N81007
2.6 km
FEARNHEAD CROSS MED.CTR.
25 FEARNHEAD CROSS, INSALL ROAD, PADGATE, FEARNHEAD, WARRINGTON, WA2 0HD
ODS code N81048
2.6 km
PADGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
12 STATION ROAD, PADGATE, WARRINGTON, WA2 0RX
ODS code N81109
2.6 km
CULCHETH MEDICAL CENTRE
JACKSON AVENUE, CULCHETH, WARRINGTON, WA3 4DZ
ODS code N81059
3.7 km
GREENBANK SURGERY
274 MANCHESTER ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA1 3RB
ODS code N81089
4.1 km
MANCHESTER ROAD SURGERY
280 MANCHESTER ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA1 3RB
ODS code N81107
4.1 km
HELSBY STREET MED/CTR
2 HELSBY STREET, WARRINGTON, WA1 3AW
ODS code N81041
4.5 km
4 SEASONS MEDICAL CENTRE
ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE
ODS code N81645
4.7 km
PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE
ODS code N81083
4.7 km
BROOKFIELD SURGERY
WHITBARROW ROAD, LYMM, WARRINGTON, LYMM, WA13 9DB
ODS code N81014
4.9 km
LATCHFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
5 THELWALL LANE, LATCHFORD, WARRINGTON, WA4 1LJ
ODS code N81065
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Foxwood School
BCT · Oakwood
- 0.1 miles
Fire Station
BCT · Oakwood
- 0.1 miles
Foxwood School
BCT · Oakwood
- 0.1 miles
Fire Station
BCT · Oakwood
- 0.2 miles
Whinchat Drive
BCT · Oakwood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 005D, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,566 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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
Recorded crime
708 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 340 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.