WA4 4BW

Appleton · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South
Postcode district
WA4
Postcode sector
WA4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA4 4NU 163 m
WA4 4LZ 299 m
WA4 4LY 355 m
WA4 4NN 389 m
WA4 4NS 391 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA4 4BW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA4
Postcode sector
WA4 4
Latitude
53.336485
Longitude
-2.569542
British National Grid easting
362,172
British National Grid northing
382,325

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Electoral ward
Appleton · E05011024
Parish or community
E04000333
Westminster constituency
Warrington South · E14001565
Output area
E00188797
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 024D · E01012503
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 024 · E02002613

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School

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    479 m
  2. Appleton Thorn Primary School

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    2.3 km
  3. Whitley Village School

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    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
115
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 60
  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Vehicle crime 9
  • Public order 8
  • Other crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA4 4 residents
3,696

Age bands in WA4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.1%

451 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

364 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

929 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

1,176 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

809 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • STRETTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 HATTON LANE, STRETTON, WARRINGTON, WA4 4NE

    ODS code N81623

    566 m

  • STOCKTON HEATH MED.CENTRE

    THE FORGE, LONDON ROAD, STOCKTON HEATH, WARRINGTON, WA4 6HJ

    ODS code N81075

    4.0 km

  • LATCHFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 THELWALL LANE, LATCHFORD, WARRINGTON, WA4 1LJ

    ODS code N81065

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Ring O Bells

    BCT · Lower Stretton

    0.2 miles
  • Ring O Bells

    BCT · Lower Stretton

    0.2 miles
  • Bupa Hospital

    BCT · Stretton

    0.3 miles
  • Bupa Hospital

    BCT · Stretton

    0.3 miles
  • Hanover Hotel

    BCT · Stretton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 024D, 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

30,272 of 33,755

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

18 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 479 m.

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

Recorded crime

115 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 60 events.

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