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WA4 4RF

Grappenhall · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Warrington
Ward
Grappenhall
Local authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South
Postcode district
WA4
Postcode sector
WA4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA4 4RG 393 m
WA16 0SD 685 m
WA4 4TQ 817 m
WA4 4SL 858 m
WA16 0SE 929 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA4 4RF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA4
Postcode sector
WA4 4
Latitude
53.350290
Longitude
-2.516547
British National Grid easting
365,712
British National Grid northing
383,834

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Electoral ward
Grappenhall · E05011031
Parish or community
E04000319
Westminster constituency
Warrington South · E14001565
Output area
E00062774
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 024A · E01012448
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 024 · E02002613

Postcode source versions

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Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Birchels Gorse, Barley Castle Lane, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4RF 5 October 2022 £650,000
Tanhouse Farm, Barley Castle Lane, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4RF 8 September 2015 £630,000
Tanhouse Barn, Barley Castle Lane, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4RF 19 June 2015 £370,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
19
Secondary
3

  1. Appleton Thorn Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

  2. Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.8 km

  3. Willow Tree Park

    Other independent special school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
110
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 24
  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Other theft 16
  • Vehicle crime 13
  • Other crime 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

8 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.3
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

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA4 4 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

5

within 5 km

  • THE LAKESIDE SURGERY

    LAKESIDE ROAD, LYMM, WA13 0QE

    ODS code N81108

    3.7 km

  • STRETTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 HATTON LANE, STRETTON, WARRINGTON, WA4 4NE

    ODS code N81623

    4.2 km

  • BROOKFIELD SURGERY

    WHITBARROW ROAD, LYMM, WARRINGTON, LYMM, WA13 9DB

    ODS code N81014

    4.3 km

  • LATCHFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 THELWALL LANE, LATCHFORD, WARRINGTON, WA4 1LJ

    ODS code N81065

    4.6 km

  • STOCKTON HEATH MED.CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81075

    5.0 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

  • Ivy Cottages

    BCT · Appleton Thorn

    0.7 miles

  • Howshoots Roundabout

    BCT · Statham

    0.7 miles

  • Reddish Hall

    BCT · Appleton Thorn

    0.9 miles

  • Crofton Close

    BCT · Appleton Thorn

    1.1 miles

  • Thorne Inn

    BCT · Appleton Thorn

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 024A, 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

29,708 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £650,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA4 4RF. 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Appleton Thorn Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

110 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 24 events.

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