Property market
The five-year median is £170,000 from 4,486 recorded sales in WA8. 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.
WA8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,318
- Current units
- 1,589
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 14
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 729
Postcode sectors in WA8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
29,228 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 434, Liverpool Road, Widnes, WA8 7XP | 24 July 2026 | £185,000 |
| 12, Timperley Court, Widnes, WA8 6FN | 21 July 2026 | £80,000 |
| 14, Newsham Close, Widnes, WA8 4TT | 10 July 2026 | £270,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 32
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,665
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,545
- Public order 657
- Anti social behaviour 517
- Criminal damage and arson 400
- Other theft 320
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WA8 usual residents
- 64,055
- Age-profile population
- 64,128
Age bands in WA8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- 11,428 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- 6,832 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- 16,384 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- 17,554 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
- 11,930 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,530 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 1,453 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,271 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 3 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
8
in this district
BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE
BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR
ODS code N81011
FIR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT
ODS code N81035
HOUGH GREEN HEALTH PARK
HOUGH GREEN ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 4PF
ODS code N81119
NEWTOWN SURGERY
OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD
ODS code N81064
OAKS PLACE SURGERY
WIDNES HEALTH CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD
ODS code N81619
PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA
PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA, PEEL HOUSE LANE, WIDNES, WA8 6TN
ODS code N81045
THE BEECHES MEDICAL CTR
20 DITCHFIELD ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 8QS
ODS code N81037
UPTON ROCKS PRIMARY CARE
HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU
ODS code N81651
Evidence in context
Schools
32 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,665 published events cover 12 months, averaging 472 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,545 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.