WA6 9FA

Sandstone · Cheshire West and Chester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Frodsham
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby
Postcode district
WA6
Postcode sector
WA6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA6 9EB 119 m
WA6 9ED 244 m
WA6 9DY 264 m
WA6 9DZ 326 m
WA6 9EJ 335 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA6 9FA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA6
Postcode sector
WA6 9
Latitude
53.243672
Longitude
-2.731302
British National Grid easting
351,295
British National Grid northing
372,098

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Electoral ward
Sandstone · E05012234
Parish or community
E04012553
Westminster constituency
Runcorn and Helsby · E14001455
Output area
E00094306
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 015A · E01018684
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire West and Chester 015 · E02003877

Postcode source versions

Explore WA6

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Nutts Corner Stables, Pingot Lane, Manley, Frodsham, WA6 9FA 20 August 2021 £5,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Fern House School and College

    Other independent special school

    1.6 km
  2. Ashton Hayes Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km
  3. Alvanley and Manley Village School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA6 9 residents
2,506

Age bands in WA6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.8%

318 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

219 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

422 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.4%

807 residents

Age 65 and over
29%

723 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

2

within 5 km

  • HELSBY HEALTH CENTRE

    LOWER ROBIN HOOD LANE, HELSBY, FRODSHAM, WA6 0BW

    ODS code N81005

    4.0 km

  • KELSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    7 GREEN HILL ROAD, KELSALL, TARPORLEY, CW6 0SN

    ODS code N81120

    4.2 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

  • Ravelstone Lodge

    BCT · Buckoak

    0.0 miles
  • Ravelstone Lodge

    BCT · Buckoak

    0.1 miles
  • Stone House Lane

    BCT · Manley Common

    0.3 miles
  • Bay Tree Farm

    BCT · Manley

    0.3 miles
  • Smithy Lane

    BCT · Mouldsworth

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire West and Chester 015A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,265 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 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 £5,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA6 9FA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cheshire West and Chester is £269,039 in June 2026, up 6.9% year on year.

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Fern House School and College is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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