WA7 6AY

Halton Lea · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA7 6AZ 34 m
WA7 6BA 114 m
WA7 6AR 126 m
WA7 6AS 130 m
WA7 6AP 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA7 6AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 6
Latitude
53.321736
Longitude
-2.677437
British National Grid easting
354,972
British National Grid northing
380,747

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
E00062736
Lower layer super output area
Halton 015D · E01012437
Middle layer super output area
Halton 015 · E02002588

Postcode source versions

Explore WA7

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
15, Newquay Close, Brookvale, Runcorn, WA7 6AY 6 December 2023 £100,000
1, Newquay Close, Brookvale, Runcorn, WA7 6AY 12 February 2021 £94,000
22, Newquay Close, Brookvale, Runcorn, WA7 6AY 12 July 2019 £95,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
36
Secondary
4
  1. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    456 m
  2. Brookvale Primary School

    Community school

    507 m
  3. Palace Fields Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    680 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,769
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 941
  • Public order 191
  • Anti social behaviour 130
  • Criminal damage and arson 123
  • Drugs 93

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
50

20 female, 30 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.8
WA7 6 residents
15,124

Age bands in WA7 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.6%

2,932 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

1,741 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

3,658 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

3,923 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

2,729 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA7 6 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+
95%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
85%
Gigabit-capable
95%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • MURDISHAW

    GORSEWOOD ROAD, MURDISHAW, RUNCORN, WA7 6ES

    ODS code N81072

    1.0 km

  • BROOKVALE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81096

    1.4 km

  • WEAVER VALE PRACTICE

    HOSPITAL WAY, RUNCORN, WA7 2UT

    ODS code N81054

    1.4 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    2.1 km

  • GROVE HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81066

    4.3 km

  • TOWER HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81057

    4.3 km

  • PRINCEWAY SURGERIES

    PRINCEWAY HEALTH CENTRE, FRODSHAM, WA6 6RX

    ODS code N81030

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Brookvale

    BCT · Brookvale

    0.2 miles
  • Brookvale

    BCT · Brookvale

    0.2 miles
  • Parkside

    BCT · Brookvale

    0.3 miles
  • Parkside

    BCT · Brookvale

    0.3 miles
  • Wren Close

    BCT · Palace Fields

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 015D, 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

2,695 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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
2
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 £100,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA7 6AY. 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

46 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is the nearest published school at 456 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,769 published events cover 12 months, averaging 147.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 941 events.

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