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WA7 1YR

Mersey & Weston · Halton · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Mersey & Weston
Local authority
Halton
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA7 1HU 39 m
WA7 1HX 58 m
WA7 1HP 68 m
WA7 1EF 77 m
WA7 1HW 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA7 1YR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 1
Latitude
53.342194
Longitude
-2.739763
British National Grid easting
350,844
British National Grid northing
383,064

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Halton · E06000006
Electoral ward
Mersey & Weston · E05013184
Parish or community
E43000006
Westminster constituency
Runcorn and Helsby · E14001455
Output area
E00062702
Lower layer super output area
Halton 012E · E01012430
Middle layer super output area
Halton 012 · E02002585

Postcode source versions

Explore WA7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
64
Primary
44
Secondary
5

  1. Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    311 m

  2. Victoria Road Primary School

    Community school

    659 m

  3. Westfield Primary School

    Community school

    743 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,397
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 623
  • Public order 161
  • Anti social behaviour 124
  • Criminal damage and arson 103
  • Drugs 92

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA7 1 residents
6,988

Age bands in WA7 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

1,412 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

872 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.7%

2,639 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

2,164 residents

Age 65 and over
9.6%

753 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

13

within 5 km

  • GROVE HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81066

    499 m

  • TOWER HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81057

    499 m

  • NEWTOWN SURGERY

    OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81064

    2.2 km

  • OAKS PLACE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81619

    2.2 km

  • THE BEECHES MEDICAL CTR

    20 DITCHFIELD ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 8QS

    ODS code N81037

    3.0 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    3.2 km

  • BROOKVALE PRACTICE

    HALLWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, HOSPITAL WAY, RUNCORN, WA7 2UT

    ODS code N81096

    3.4 km

  • WEAVER VALE PRACTICE

    HOSPITAL WAY, RUNCORN, WA7 2UT

    ODS code N81054

    3.4 km

  • PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA

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

    ODS code N81045

    3.5 km

  • UPTON ROCKS PRIMARY CARE

    HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU

    ODS code N81651

    3.6 km

  • BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE

    BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR

    ODS code N81011

    4.3 km

  • FIR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT

    ODS code N81035

    4.4 km

  • HOUGH GREEN HEALTH PARK

    HOUGH GREEN ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 4PF

    ODS code N81119

    4.5 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

  • Station Road

    BCT · Runcorn

    0.2 miles

  • Runcorn Station

    BCT · Runcorn

    0.2 miles

  • Runcorn Station

    BCT · Runcorn

    0.2 miles

  • Runcorn Station

    BCT · Runcorn

    0.2 miles

  • Runcorn Rail Station

    RLY · Runcorn

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 012E, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

976 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

64 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 5 secondary schools. Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 311 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,397 published events cover 12 months, averaging 116.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 623 events.

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