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WA5 4BU

Burtonwood and Winwick · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Warrington
Ward
Burtonwood and Winwick
Local authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington North
Postcode district
WA5
Postcode sector
WA5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA5 4BT 18 m
WA5 4NN 380 m
WA5 4LN 423 m
WA5 4BS 431 m
WA5 4NE 452 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA5 4BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA5
Postcode sector
WA5 4
Latitude
53.432096
Longitude
-2.640854
British National Grid easting
357,519
British National Grid northing
393,002

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Electoral ward
Burtonwood and Winwick · E05011027
Parish or community
E04000321
Westminster constituency
Warrington North · E14001564
Output area
E00062877
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 003C · E01012469
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 003 · E02002592

Postcode source versions

Explore WA5

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Alder Cottage, Alder Lane, Burtonwood, Warrington, WA5 4BU 29 January 2024 £685,000
Alder Cottage, Alder Lane, Burtonwood, Warrington, WA5 4BU 1 December 2006 £510,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
36
Secondary
7

  1. St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

  2. Burtonwood Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  3. Wargrave House School

    Non-maintained special school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
353
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 174
  • Shoplifting 36
  • Public order 32
  • Other theft 20
  • Anti social behaviour 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
WA5 4 residents
3,778

Age bands in WA5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

521 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

344 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.2%

769 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,093 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

1,078 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA5 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+
50%
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

11

within 5 km

  • PATTERDALE LODGE MED CTRE

    PATTERDALE LODGE MEDICAL CENTRE, LEGH STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9NA

    ODS code N83002

    2.3 km

  • WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    301-302 WESTBROOK CENTRE, WESTBROOK, WARRINGTON, WA5 8UF

    ODS code N81122

    2.7 km

  • NEWTON PRACTICE

    1 BELVEDERE ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 0JJ

    ODS code N83045

    2.8 km

  • VISTA ROAD SURGERY

    VISTA LOCALITY CENTRE, VISTA ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9ED

    ODS code N83005

    2.9 km

  • CHAPELFORD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y04925

    3.9 km

  • BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.

    140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP

    ODS code N83008

    4.1 km

  • MODALITY ST HELENS

    WOODSIDE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, WOODSIDE ROAD, HAYDOCK, ST. HELENS, WA11 0NA

    ODS code N83020

    4.2 km

  • RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE

    333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN

    ODS code N83001

    4.3 km

  • FOLLY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOLLY LANE, BEWSEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 0LU

    ODS code N81056

    4.4 km

  • 4 SEASONS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE

    ODS code N81645

    4.6 km

  • PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    ORFORD JUBILEE PARK H/C, JUBILEE WAY, ORFORD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8HE

    ODS code N81083

    4.6 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Fir Tree Lane

    BCT · Burtonwood

    0.2 miles

  • Fir Tree Lane

    BCT · Burtonwood

    0.2 miles

  • Nursing Home

    BCT · Burtonwood

    0.3 miles

  • Nursing Home

    BCT · Burtonwood

    0.3 miles

  • Cambourne Road

    BCT · Burtonwood

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 003C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,410 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £685,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA5 4BU. 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

51 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

353 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 174 events.

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