WA8 3TZ

Penketh and Cuerdley · Warrington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Widnes
Local authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South
Postcode district
WA8
Postcode sector
WA8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA8 3TY 168 m
WA8 3UA 173 m
WA8 3UB 459 m
WA8 3TX 539 m
WA8 3GA 731 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA8 3TZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA8
Postcode sector
WA8 3
Latitude
53.385125
Longitude
-2.688607
British National Grid easting
354,296
British National Grid northing
387,806

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Warrington · E06000007
Parish or community
E04000323
Westminster constituency
Warrington South · E14001565
Output area
E00063181
Lower layer super output area
Warrington 019D · E01012530
Middle layer super output area
Warrington 019 · E02002608

Postcode source versions

Explore WA8

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
White Moss Nursery & Garden Centre, South Lane, Widnes, WA8 3TZ 11 October 2023 £200,000
Sunny Bank Cottage, 4, South Lane, Widnes, WA8 3TZ 14 September 2023 £197,500
1a, South Lane, Widnes, WA8 3TZ 14 December 2022 £650,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
29
Secondary
6
  1. Moorfield Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Penketh Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. Brookfields School

    Academy special converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
159
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 81
  • Other theft 18
  • Burglary 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Public order 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.6
WA8 3 residents
6,394

Age bands in WA8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,084 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

654 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

1,799 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

2,013 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

1,432 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA8 3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

10

within 5 km

  • PENKETH HEALTH CENTRE

    HONITON WAY, PENKETH, WARRINGTON, WA5 2EY

    ODS code N81020

    2.2 km

  • BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE

    BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR

    ODS code N81011

    2.5 km

  • PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA

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

    ODS code N81045

    2.7 km

  • CHAPELFORD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    SANTA ROSA BOULEVARD, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 3AL

    ODS code Y04925

    3.6 km

  • FIR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT

    ODS code N81035

    3.8 km

  • NEWTOWN SURGERY

    OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81064

    4.0 km

  • OAKS PLACE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81619

    4.0 km

  • FOUR ACRE HEALTH CENTRE

    BURNAGE AVENUE, CLOCK FACE, ST. HELENS, WA9 4QB

    ODS code N83021

    4.4 km

  • WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    301-302 WESTBROOK CENTRE, WESTBROOK, WARRINGTON, WA5 8UF

    ODS code N81122

    4.6 km

  • UPTON ROCKS PRIMARY CARE

    HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU

    ODS code N81651

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Railway Cottages

    BCT · Cuerdley Cross

    0.0 miles
  • Railway Cottages

    BCT · Cuerdley Cross

    0.0 miles
  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Cuerdley Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Cuerdley Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Pendlebury Farm

    BCT · Barrows Green

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Warrington 019D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,252 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
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 £198,750 from 4 recorded sales in WA8 3TZ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Warrington is £259,398 in June 2026, up 6.5% year on year.

Schools

46 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 6 secondary schools. Moorfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

159 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 81 events.

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