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WA8 0PH

Central & West Bank · Halton · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Central & West Bank
Local authority
Halton
Constituency
Widnes and Halewood
Postcode district
WA8
Postcode sector
WA8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA8 0QW 124 m
WA8 0PP 144 m
WA8 0PG 218 m
WA8 0NE 219 m
WA8 0NX 316 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA8 0PH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA8
Postcode sector
WA8 0
Latitude
53.357997
Longitude
-2.752523
British National Grid easting
350,013
British National Grid northing
384,831

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Halton · E06000006
Electoral ward
Central & West Bank · E05013174
Parish or community
E43000006
Westminster constituency
Widnes and Halewood · E14001584
Output area
E00170533
Lower layer super output area
Halton 008D · E01012443
Middle layer super output area
Halton 008 · E02002581

Postcode source versions

Explore WA8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
60
Primary
39
Secondary
5

  1. St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    885 m

  2. Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.1 km

  3. Chesnut Lodge Special School

    Community special school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,685
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 821
  • Public order 168
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Criminal damage and arson 115
  • Drugs 108

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA8 0 residents
4,002

Age bands in WA8 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

648 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

364 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.1%

1,071 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

862 residents

Age 65 and over
14.4%

494 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

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

14

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE BEECHES MEDICAL CTR

    20 DITCHFIELD ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 8QS

    ODS code N81037

    1.1 km

  • NEWTOWN SURGERY

    OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81064

    1.2 km

  • OAKS PLACE SURGERY

    WIDNES HEALTH CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81619

    1.2 km

  • UPTON ROCKS PRIMARY CARE

    HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU

    ODS code N81651

    1.7 km

  • GROVE HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81066

    2.3 km

  • TOWER HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81057

    2.3 km

  • PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA

    PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA, PEEL HOUSE LANE, WIDNES, WA8 6TN

    ODS code N81045

    2.5 km

  • HOUGH GREEN HEALTH PARK

    HOUGH GREEN ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 4PF

    ODS code N81119

    2.5 km

  • FIR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT

    ODS code N81035

    2.7 km

  • BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE

    BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR

    ODS code N81011

    3.1 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    4.6 km

  • THE MARGARET THOMPSON MED CENTRE

    105 EAST MILLWOOD ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L24 6TH

    ODS code N82001

    4.8 km

  • ROSEHEATH SURGERY

    ROSEHEATH DRIVE, HALEWOOD, LIVERPOOL, L26 9UH

    ODS code N83031

    4.9 km

  • THE HEALTH CENTRE SURGERY

    THE HALEWOOD CENTRE, ROSEHEATH DRIVE, LIVERPOOL, L26 9UH

    ODS code N83013

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • ALCAN

    BCT · Ditton Marsh

    0.0 miles

  • ALCAN

    BCT · Ditton Marsh

    0.0 miles

  • McKechnies

    BCT · Ditton Marsh

    0.3 miles

  • McKechnies

    BCT · Ditton Marsh

    0.3 miles

  • St Michaels Road

    BCT · Ditton Marsh

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 008D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,243 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Schools

60 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School is the nearest published school at 885 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,685 published events cover 12 months, averaging 140.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 821 events.

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