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WA5 2UT

Penketh and Cuerdley · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Penketh and Cuerdley
Local authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South
Postcode district
WA5
Postcode sector
WA5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA5 2UR 523 m
WA5 2XQ 642 m
WA5 2XG 648 m
WA5 2XF 659 m
WA5 2XD 670 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA5 2UT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA5
Postcode sector
WA5 2
Latitude
53.372244
Longitude
-2.687061
British National Grid easting
354,385
British National Grid northing
386,372

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Electoral ward
Penketh and Cuerdley · E05011039
Parish or community
E04000323
Westminster constituency
Warrington South · E14001565
Output area
E00063181
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 019D · E01012530
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 019 · E02002608

Postcode source versions

Explore WA5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
53
Primary
34
Secondary
7

  1. St John Fisher Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

  2. Brookfields School

    Academy special converter

    1.6 km

  3. The Raise Academy

    Free schools special

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
175
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 83
  • Burglary 27
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Public order 13
  • Anti social behaviour 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA5 2 residents
9,907

Age bands in WA5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

1,390 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

981 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

2,094 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,922 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

2,732 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
100%
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

  • PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA

    PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA, PEEL HOUSE LANE, WIDNES, WA8 6TN

    ODS code N81045

    2.4 km

  • PENKETH HEALTH CENTRE

    HONITON WAY, PENKETH, WARRINGTON, WA5 2EY

    ODS code N81020

    2.6 km

  • BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE

    BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR

    ODS code N81011

    2.6 km

  • NEWTOWN SURGERY

    OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81064

    3.4 km

  • OAKS PLACE SURGERY

    WIDNES HEALTH CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81619

    3.4 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    3.7 km

  • FIR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT

    ODS code N81035

    4.1 km

  • CHAPELFORD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    SANTA ROSA BOULEVARD, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 3AL

    ODS code Y04925

    4.3 km

  • UPTON ROCKS PRIMARY CARE

    HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU

    ODS code N81651

    4.5 km

  • GROVE HOUSE PRACTICE

    ST. PAULS HEALTH CENTRE, HIGH STREET, RUNCORN, WA7 1AB

    ODS code N81066

    4.6 km

  • TOWER HOUSE PRACTICE

    ST. PAULS HEALTH CENTRE, HIGH STREET, RUNCORN, WA7 1AB

    ODS code N81057

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Cuerdley Cross PH

    BCT · Cuerdley Cross

    0.3 miles

  • Cuerdley Cross PH

    BCT · Cuerdley Cross

    0.3 miles

  • Golf Centre

    BCT · Cuerdley Cross

    0.6 miles

  • Golf Centre

    BCT · Cuerdley Cross

    0.6 miles

  • Dans Road

    BCT · Widnes

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 019D, 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

28,252 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
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

Schools

53 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 7 secondary schools. St John Fisher Catholic 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

175 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 83 events.

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