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WA7 3FT

Norton South & Preston Brook · Halton · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Norton South & Preston Brook
Local authority
Halton
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA7 3AZ 61 m
WA7 3FR 76 m
WA7 3BE 226 m
WA7 3BA 231 m
WA7 3GH 247 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA7 3FT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 3
Latitude
53.315687
Longitude
-2.661279
British National Grid easting
356,042
British National Grid northing
380,064

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Halton · E06000006
Electoral ward
Norton South & Preston Brook · E05013186
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

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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

    814 m

  2. Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    841 m

  3. Gorsewood Primary School

    Community school

    927 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
827
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 488
  • Public order 86
  • Criminal damage and arson 52
  • 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • MURDISHAW

    GORSEWOOD ROAD, MURDISHAW, RUNCORN, WA7 6ES

    ODS code N81072

    954 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

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

  • Chester Road

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.1 miles

  • Travel Inn

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.1 miles

  • Chester Road

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.1 miles

  • Travel Inn

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.1 miles

  • Northwich Corner

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

38 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is the nearest published school at 814 m.

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

Recorded crime

827 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 488 events.

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