WA4 5LS

Appleton · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Warrington
Local authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South
Postcode district
WA4
Postcode sector
WA4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA4 5LT 143 m
WA4 5LP 335 m
WA4 5QS 364 m
WA4 5QT 408 m
WA4 6UA 437 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA4 5LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA4
Postcode sector
WA4 5
Latitude
53.352234
Longitude
-2.626766
British National Grid easting
358,377
British National Grid northing
384,109

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Electoral ward
Appleton · E05011024
Parish or community
E04000334
Westminster constituency
Warrington South · E14001565
Output area
E00063056
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 024C · E01012502
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 024 · E02002613

Postcode source versions

Explore WA4

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Rock, Hobb Lane, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 5LS 6 March 2026 £385,000
The Highlands, Hobb Lane, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 5LS 3 February 2026 £775,000
Braeside, Hobb Lane, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 5LS 15 March 2023 £331,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
29
Secondary
6
  1. Moore Primary School

    Community school

    940 m
  2. Daresbury Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. Sandymoor Ormiston Academy

    Free schools

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
385
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Drugs 94
  • Other theft 81
  • Theft from the person 74
  • Violence and sexual offences 65
  • Anti social behaviour 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

15 female, 12 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.3
WA4 5 residents
7,575

Age bands in WA4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,093 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

713 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.5%

1,194 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.6%

2,435 residents

Age 65 and over
25.1%

1,822 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA4 5 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+
90%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90%
Gigabit-capable
90%
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

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • STRETTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 HATTON LANE, STRETTON, WARRINGTON, WA4 4NE

    ODS code N81623

    3.6 km

  • STOCKTON HEATH MED.CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81075

    3.7 km

  • MURDISHAW

    GORSEWOOD ROAD, MURDISHAW, RUNCORN, WA7 6ES

    ODS code N81072

    3.9 km

  • CAUSEWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    166-170 WILDERSPOOL CAUSEWAY, WARRINGTON, WA4 6QA

    ODS code N81028

    4.0 km

  • PENKETH HEALTH CENTRE

    HONITON WAY, PENKETH, WARRINGTON, WA5 2EY

    ODS code N81020

    4.3 km

  • SPRINGFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE BATHS HLTH & W/B CTR, LEGH STREET, WARRINGTON, WA1 1UG

    ODS code N81036

    4.6 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    4.6 km

  • GUARDIAN STREET MED/CTR

    GUARDIAN STREET, WARRINGTON, WA5 1UD

    ODS code N81012

    4.6 km

  • COCKHEDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    7 COCKHEDGE WAY, WARRINGTON, WA1 2QQ

    ODS code N81637

    5.0 km

  • DALLAM LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    20 DALLAM LANE, WARRINGTON, WA2 7NG

    ODS code N81097

    5.0 km

  • THE ERIC MOORE PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code N81628

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Hobb Lane

    BCT · Moore

    0.2 miles
  • Hobb Lane

    BCT · Moore

    0.2 miles
  • Creamfields

    BCT · Higher Walton

    0.2 miles
  • Canalside

    BCT · Moore

    0.3 miles
  • Canalside

    BCT · Moore

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 024C, 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

30,224 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £385,000 from 3 recorded sales in WA4 5LS. 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

39 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 6 secondary schools. Moore Primary School is the nearest published school at 940 m.

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

Recorded crime

385 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Drugs with 94 events.

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