WA7 6JQ

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 6JH 68 m
WA7 6JG 96 m
WA7 6JB 128 m
WA7 6JJ 132 m
WA7 6JD 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA7 6JQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA7
Postcode sector
WA7 6
Latitude
53.322613
Longitude
-2.657273
British National Grid easting
356,316
British National Grid northing
380,832

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
E00062721
Lower layer super output area
Halton 014B · E01012433
Middle layer super output area
Halton 014 · E02002587

Postcode source versions

Explore WA7

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
51, Exmouth Crescent, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6JQ 25 November 2022 £100,000
3, Exmouth Crescent, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6JQ 15 May 2020 £39,999
53, Exmouth Crescent, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6JQ 14 September 2018 £91,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
27
Secondary
4
  1. Gorsewood Primary School

    Community school

    357 m
  2. St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool

    Voluntary aided school

    373 m
  3. Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    647 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
786
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 475
  • Public order 78
  • Anti social behaviour 49
  • Criminal damage and arson 41
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
109

58 female, 51 male

Postcode households
46
Residents per household
2.4
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 0.7% 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • MURDISHAW

    GORSEWOOD ROAD, MURDISHAW, RUNCORN, WA7 6ES

    ODS code N81072

    408 m

  • BROOKVALE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81096

    2.7 km

  • WEAVER VALE PRACTICE

    HOSPITAL WAY, RUNCORN, WA7 2UT

    ODS code N81054

    2.7 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    2.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Marina Village

    BCT · Murdishaw

    0.2 miles
  • Murdishaw Avenue

    BCT · Murdishaw

    0.2 miles
  • Aston Green

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.2 miles
  • Aston Green

    BCT · Preston Brook

    0.2 miles
  • Littlebourne Park

    BCT · Murdishaw

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 014B, 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

2,885 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
4
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 6JQ. 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

36 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. Gorsewood Primary School is the nearest published school at 357 m.

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

Recorded crime

786 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 475 events.

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