Schools
45 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 6 secondary schools. Penketh Primary School is the nearest published school at 756 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WA5 2WE
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
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA5 2WE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 2003
- Terminated
- 1 May 2004
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA5
- Postcode sector
- WA5 2
- Latitude
- 53.379719
- Longitude
- -2.668615
- British National Grid easting
- 355,620
- British National Grid northing
- 387,192
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
- E04000329
- Westminster constituency
- Warrington South · E14001565
- Output area
- E00063185
- Lower layer super output area
- Warrington 019D · E01012530
- Middle layer super output area
- Warrington 019 · E02002608
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WA5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 45
- Primary
- 31
- Secondary
- 6
- 756 m
Penketh Primary School
Academy converter
- 839 m
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 877 m
Penketh South Community Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 298
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 153
- Public order 43
- Criminal damage and arson 26
- Anti social behaviour 15
- Burglary 14
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%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 27%
1,390 residents
981 residents
2,094 residents
2,922 residents
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.
GP practices
12
within 5 km straight-line
PENKETH HEALTH CENTRE
HONITON WAY, PENKETH, WARRINGTON, WA5 2EY
ODS code N81020
1.1 km
CHAPELFORD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
SANTA ROSA BOULEVARD, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 3AL
ODS code Y04925
2.8 km
PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA
PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA, PEEL HOUSE LANE, WIDNES, WA8 6TN
ODS code N81045
3.7 km
BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE
BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR
ODS code N81011
3.7 km
WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
301-302 WESTBROOK CENTRE, WESTBROOK, WARRINGTON, WA5 8UF
ODS code N81122
4.0 km
GUARDIAN STREET MED/CTR
GUARDIAN STREET, WARRINGTON, WA5 1UD
ODS code N81012
4.4 km
FOLLY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
FOLLY LANE, BEWSEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 0LU
ODS code N81056
4.6 km
CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE
THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST
ODS code N81019
4.8 km
SPRINGFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE BATHS HLTH & W/B CTR, LEGH STREET, WARRINGTON, WA1 1UG
ODS code N81036
4.8 km
NEWTOWN SURGERY
OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD
ODS code N81064
4.9 km
OAKS PLACE SURGERY
WIDNES HEALTH CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD
ODS code N81619
4.9 km
THE ERIC MOORE PARTNERSHIP
MEDI CENTRE, 1 TANNERS LANE, WARRINGTON, WA2 7NJ
ODS code N81628
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Tannery Lane
BCT · Doe Green
- 0.1 miles
Newlyn Gardens
BCT · Doe Green
- 0.1 miles
Tannery Lane
BCT · Doe Green
- 0.2 miles
Farnworth Road
BCT · Doe Green
- 0.2 miles
Farnworth Road
BCT · Doe Green
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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
298 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 153 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.