WA7 3FR

Norton South & Preston Brook · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA7 3FT 76 m
WA7 3AZ 113 m
WA7 3BA 158 m
WA7 3BE 263 m
WA7 3BD 308 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA7 3FR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 3
Latitude
53.315438
Longitude
-2.662341
British National Grid easting
355,971
British National Grid northing
380,037

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
E00062480
Lower layer super output area
Halton 009A · E01012385
Middle layer super output area
Halton 009 · E02002582

Postcode source versions

Explore WA7

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Unit B, Chester Road, Preston Brook, Runcorn, WA7 3FR 17 July 2024 £1,092,000
Vision House, Chester Road, Preston Brook, Runcorn, WA7 3FR 5 April 2023 £710,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
29
Secondary
4
  1. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    771 m
  2. Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    837 m
  3. Gorsewood Primary School

    Community school

    954 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
835
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 494
  • Public order 86
  • Criminal damage and arson 53
  • Anti social behaviour 51
  • Other theft 35

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA7 3 residents
3,241

Age bands in WA7 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

532 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

276 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.6%

849 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

1,105 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

832 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
20%
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
20%
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

5

within 5 km

  • MURDISHAW

    GORSEWOOD ROAD, MURDISHAW, RUNCORN, WA7 6ES

    ODS code N81072

    977 m

  • BROOKVALE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81096

    2.6 km

  • WEAVER VALE PRACTICE

    HOSPITAL WAY, RUNCORN, WA7 2UT

    ODS code N81054

    2.6 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    3.3 km

  • PRINCEWAY SURGERIES

    PRINCEWAY HEALTH CENTRE, FRODSHAM, WA6 6RX

    ODS code N81030

    5.0 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

  • Travel Inn

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.1 miles
  • Travel Inn

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.1 miles
  • Chester Road

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.1 miles
  • Northwich Corner

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.1 miles
  • Chester Road

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 009A, 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

30,002 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 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
1
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 £901,000 from 2 recorded sales in WA7 3FR. 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

38 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is the nearest published school at 771 m.

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

Recorded crime

835 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 494 events.

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