WA4 5RS

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 5HH 68 m
WA4 5AT 87 m
WA4 5HT 102 m
WA4 5HY 124 m
WA4 5NB 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA4 5RS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA4
Postcode sector
WA4 5
Latitude
53.356878
Longitude
-2.566193
British National Grid easting
362,413
British National Grid northing
384,592

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Electoral ward
Appleton · E05011024
Parish or community
E04000319
Westminster constituency
Warrington South · E14001565
Output area
E00062801
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 025A · E01012446
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 025 · E02002614

Postcode source versions

Explore WA4

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Woodcroft Gardens, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 5RS 26 February 2026 £860,000
4, Woodcroft Gardens, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 5RS 18 August 2023 £860,000
3, Woodcroft Gardens, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 5RS 15 July 2022 £804,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
27
Secondary
4
  1. Broomfields Junior School

    Academy converter

    697 m
  2. Bridgewater High School

    Academy converter

    883 m
  3. Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School

    Community school

    890 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
376
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 172
  • Public order 39
  • Anti social behaviour 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 30
  • Other theft 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

9 female, 7 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.2
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 0.2% 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+
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

13

within 5 km

  • STOCKTON HEATH MED.CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81075

    2.0 km

  • STRETTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 HATTON LANE, STRETTON, WARRINGTON, WA4 4NE

    ODS code N81623

    2.0 km

  • LATCHFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 THELWALL LANE, LATCHFORD, WARRINGTON, WA4 1LJ

    ODS code N81065

    2.7 km

  • CAUSEWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    166-170 WILDERSPOOL CAUSEWAY, WARRINGTON, WA4 6QA

    ODS code N81028

    3.1 km

  • COCKHEDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    7 COCKHEDGE WAY, WARRINGTON, WA1 2QQ

    ODS code N81637

    4.1 km

  • SPRINGFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81036

    4.2 km

  • HELSBY STREET MED/CTR

    2 HELSBY STREET, WARRINGTON, WA1 3AW

    ODS code N81041

    4.3 km

  • GREENBANK SURGERY

    274 MANCHESTER ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA1 3RB

    ODS code N81089

    4.4 km

  • MANCHESTER ROAD SURGERY

    280 MANCHESTER ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA1 3RB

    ODS code N81107

    4.4 km

  • DALLAM LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    20 DALLAM LANE, WARRINGTON, WA2 7NG

    ODS code N81097

    4.5 km

  • THE ERIC MOORE PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code N81628

    4.6 km

  • GUARDIAN STREET MED/CTR

    GUARDIAN STREET, WARRINGTON, WA5 1UD

    ODS code N81012

    4.7 km

  • HOLES LANE MEDICAL LTD.

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

    ODS code N81007

    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

  • Lyon's Lane

    BCT · Dudlows Green

    0.0 miles
  • Lyon's Lane

    BCT · Dudlows Green

    0.0 miles
  • Larkstoke Close

    BCT · Dudlows Green

    0.1 miles
  • Larkstoke Close

    BCT · Dudlows Green

    0.1 miles
  • Chiswick Gardens

    BCT · Dudlows Green

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 025A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,727 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
2
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 £860,000 from 3 recorded sales in WA4 5RS. 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

35 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. Broomfields Junior School is the nearest published school at 697 m.

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

Recorded crime

376 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 172 events.

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