WA7 2NS

Halton Castle · Halton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Runcorn
Local authority
Halton
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA7 2LJ 74 m
WA7 2LS 85 m
WA7 2PR 115 m
WA7 2PW 117 m
WA7 2LT 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA7 2NS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 2
Latitude
53.331127
Longitude
-2.688743
British National Grid easting
354,229
British National Grid northing
381,799

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Halton · E06000006
Parish or community
E43000006
Westminster constituency
Runcorn and Helsby · E14001455
Output area
E00062467
Lower layer super output area
Halton 010C · E01012384
Middle layer super output area
Halton 010 · E02002583

Postcode source versions

Explore WA7

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Meadowcroft Court, Castlefields, Runcorn, WA7 2NS 21 November 2025 £130,000
15, Meadowcroft Court, Castlefields, Runcorn, WA7 2NS 19 August 2022 £125,000
17, Meadowcroft Court, Castlefields, Runcorn, WA7 2NS 11 December 2018 £104,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
38
Secondary
4
  1. St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    169 m
  2. Bridgewater Park Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    593 m
  3. Rivacre Brook

    Other independent special school

    597 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,929
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,423
  • Public order 339
  • Criminal damage and arson 217
  • Anti social behaviour 211
  • Drugs 184

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

24 female, 12 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.3
WA7 2 residents
15,820

Age bands in WA7 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,851 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,751 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

3,841 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

3,980 residents

Age 65 and over
19.8%

3,071 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA7 2 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • BROOKVALE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81096

    823 m

  • WEAVER VALE PRACTICE

    HOSPITAL WAY, RUNCORN, WA7 2UT

    ODS code N81054

    823 m

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    880 m

  • MURDISHAW

    GORSEWOOD ROAD, MURDISHAW, RUNCORN, WA7 6ES

    ODS code N81072

    1.9 km

  • GROVE HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81066

    3.1 km

  • TOWER HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81057

    3.1 km

  • NEWTOWN SURGERY

    OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81064

    4.7 km

  • OAKS PLACE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81619

    4.7 km

  • PRINCEWAY SURGERIES

    PRINCEWAY HEALTH CENTRE, FRODSHAM, WA6 6RX

    ODS code N81030

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Stockham Lane

    BCT · Halton Village

    0.1 miles
  • Stockham Lane

    BCT · Halton Village

    0.1 miles
  • Primrose Close

    BCT · Halton Village

    0.2 miles
  • Primrose Close

    BCT · Halton Village

    0.2 miles
  • Pump Lane

    BCT · Halton Village

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 010C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,271 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
9 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
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 £127,500 from 2 recorded sales in WA7 2NS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Halton is £193,134 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

52 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Mary's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 169 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,929 published events cover 12 months, averaging 244.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,423 events.

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