WA7 6EW

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA7 6EL 42 m
WA7 6LT 49 m
WA7 6LX 57 m
WA7 6EG 112 m
WA7 6EN 113 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA7 6EW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 6
Latitude
53.317981
Longitude
-2.675396
British National Grid easting
355,104
British National Grid northing
380,328

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
E00062730
Lower layer super output area
Halton 014E · E01012440
Middle layer super output area
Halton 014 · E02002587

Postcode source versions

Explore WA7

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Gillan Close, Brookvale, Runcorn, WA7 6EW 27 August 2024 £169,500
19, Gillan Close, Brookvale, Runcorn, WA7 6EW 30 November 2021 £158,000
6, Gillan Close, Brookvale, Runcorn, WA7 6EW 21 October 2020 £130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
34
Secondary
4
  1. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    298 m
  2. Brookvale Primary School

    Community school

    327 m
  3. Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    748 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,304
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 741
  • Public order 141
  • Criminal damage and arson 83
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Drugs 62

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

13 female, 14 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.9
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 0.2% 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+
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • MURDISHAW

    GORSEWOOD ROAD, MURDISHAW, RUNCORN, WA7 6ES

    ODS code N81072

    1.1 km

  • BROOKVALE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81096

    1.7 km

  • WEAVER VALE PRACTICE

    HOSPITAL WAY, RUNCORN, WA7 2UT

    ODS code N81054

    1.7 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    2.6 km

  • PRINCEWAY SURGERIES

    PRINCEWAY HEALTH CENTRE, FRODSHAM, WA6 6RX

    ODS code N81030

    4.4 km

  • GROVE HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81066

    4.6 km

  • TOWER HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81057

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy

    BCT · Brookvale

    0.1 miles
  • Brookvale

    BCT · Brookvale

    0.1 miles
  • Brookvale

    BCT · Brookvale

    0.1 miles
  • Halton Arms

    BCT · Murdishaw

    0.2 miles
  • Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy

    BCT · Brookvale

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 014E, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,858 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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 £163,750 from 2 recorded sales in WA7 6EW. 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is the nearest published school at 298 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,304 published events cover 12 months, averaging 108.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 741 events.

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