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WA3 6UQ

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

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA3 6TR 46 m
WA3 6TP 77 m
WA3 6UP 78 m
WA3 6UR 95 m
WA3 6UF 96 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA3 6UQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA3
Postcode sector
WA3 6
Latitude
53.430211
Longitude
-2.503580
British National Grid easting
366,638
British National Grid northing
392,719

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
E00062874
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 005B · E01012461
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 005 · E02002594

Postcode source versions

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Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
66, Gorse Covert Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6UQ 31 October 2025 £232,500
68, Gorse Covert Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6UQ 27 September 2024 £225,000
60, Gorse Covert Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6UQ 6 November 2020 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
23
Secondary
5

  1. Gorse Covert Primary School

    Academy converter

    249 m

  2. Birchwood CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

  3. Birchwood School

    Other independent special school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
258
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 127
  • Public order 31
  • Other theft 22
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Criminal damage and arson 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

8 female, 4 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.1% 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

7

within 5 km

  • BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 BENSON ROAD, BIRCHWOOD, WARRINGTON, WA3 7PJ

    ODS code N81114

    2.2 km

  • CULCHETH MEDICAL CENTRE

    JACKSON AVENUE, CULCHETH, WARRINGTON, WA3 4DZ

    ODS code N81059

    2.8 km

  • FEARNHEAD CROSS MED.CTR.

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

    ODS code N81048

    4.3 km

  • FAIRFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y01108

    4.3 km

  • HOLES LANE MEDICAL LTD.

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

    ODS code N81007

    4.4 km

  • PADGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 STATION ROAD, PADGATE, WARRINGTON, WA2 0RX

    ODS code N81109

    4.4 km

  • THE MOSSLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MACDONALD ROAD, IRLAM, MANCHESTER, M44 5LH

    ODS code P87610

    4.8 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

  • Arden Close

    BCT · Gorse Covert

    0.0 miles

  • Hamsterly Close

    BCT · Gorse Covert

    0.1 miles

  • Spar Shop

    BCT · Gorse Covert

    0.1 miles

  • Ashdown Lane

    BCT · Gorse Covert

    0.2 miles

  • Ringwood Close

    BCT · Gorse Covert

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 005B, 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

29,524 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £228,750 from 2 recorded sales in WA3 6UQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Warrington is £259,398 in June 2026, up 6.5% year on year.

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Gorse Covert Primary School is the nearest published school at 249 m.

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

Recorded crime

258 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 127 events.

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