WA3 6LY

Birchwood · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA3 6LZ 77 m
WA3 6LX 95 m
WA3 6NA 107 m
WA3 6AF 120 m
WA3 6AG 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA3 6LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA3
Postcode sector
WA3 6
Latitude
53.418498
Longitude
-2.536815
British National Grid easting
364,420
British National Grid northing
391,432

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
E00062840
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 004C · E01012463
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 004 · E02002593

Postcode source versions

Explore WA3

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Ledsham Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6LY 13 July 2020 £360,000
8, Ledsham Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6LY 27 January 2020 £375
1, Ledsham Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6LY 18 October 2019 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
35
Secondary
8
  1. Locking Stumps Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    456 m
  2. Birchwood Community High School

    Academy converter

    523 m
  3. Birchwood School

    Other independent special school

    934 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
916
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 425
  • Public order 111
  • Anti social behaviour 77
  • Criminal damage and arson 54
  • Other theft 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

11 female, 8 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.7
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA3 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

15

within 5 km

  • BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 BENSON ROAD, BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON, WA3 7PJ

    ODS code N81114

    763 m

  • FEARNHEAD CROSS MED.CTR.

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

    ODS code N81048

    1.7 km

  • PADGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 STATION ROAD, PADGATE, WARRINGTON, WA2 0RX

    ODS code N81109

    1.9 km

  • FAIRFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y01108

    2.0 km

  • HOLES LANE MEDICAL LTD.

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

    ODS code N81007

    2.1 km

  • GREENBANK SURGERY

    274 MANCHESTER ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA1 3RB

    ODS code N81089

    3.3 km

  • MANCHESTER ROAD SURGERY

    280 MANCHESTER ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA1 3RB

    ODS code N81107

    3.3 km

  • HELSBY STREET MED/CTR

    2 HELSBY STREET, WARRINGTON, WA1 3AW

    ODS code N81041

    3.7 km

  • 4 SEASONS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE

    ODS code N81645

    3.8 km

  • PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE

    ODS code N81083

    3.8 km

  • CULCHETH MEDICAL CENTRE

    JACKSON AVENUE, CULCHETH, WARRINGTON, WA3 4DZ

    ODS code N81059

    3.8 km

  • LATCHFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 THELWALL LANE, LATCHFORD, WARRINGTON, WA4 1LJ

    ODS code N81065

    4.5 km

  • COCKHEDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    7 COCKHEDGE WAY, WARRINGTON, WA1 2QQ

    ODS code N81637

    4.7 km

  • DALLAM LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    20 DALLAM LANE, WARRINGTON, WA2 7NG

    ODS code N81097

    4.8 km

  • THE ERIC MOORE PARTNERSHIP

    MEDI CENTRE, 1 TANNERS LANE, WARRINGTON, WA2 7NJ

    ODS code N81628

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Dewhurst Road

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.2 miles
  • Dewhurst Road

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.2 miles
  • Roberts Fold

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.2 miles
  • Turf & Feather

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.2 miles
  • Turf & Feather

    BCT · Birchwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 004C, 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

28,161 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
6
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 8 secondary schools. Locking Stumps Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 456 m.

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

Recorded crime

916 published events cover 12 months, averaging 76.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 425 events.

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