Whiston and Cronton · Knowsley · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeWithin 3.1 miles of this postcode
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery
Voluntary aided school
Cronton Church of England Primary Academy
Academy converter
All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
2 female, 0 male
519 residents
256 residents
718 residents
857 residents
583 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA8 5 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
12
within 5 km
UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT
ODS code N81035
1.2 km
HOUGH GREEN ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 4PF
ODS code N81119
1.4 km
HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU
ODS code N81651
1.8 km
BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR
ODS code N81011
2.5 km
20 DITCHFIELD ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 8QS
ODS code N81037
2.9 km
529 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LP
ODS code N83010
3.0 km
PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA, PEEL HOUSE LANE, WIDNES, WA8 6TN
ODS code N81045
3.0 km
451 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LL
ODS code N83053
3.2 km
OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD
ODS code N81064
3.4 km
WIDNES HEALTH CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD
ODS code N81619
3.4 km
BURNAGE AVENUE, CLOCK FACE, ST. HELENS, WA9 4QB
ODS code N83021
4.0 km
WHISTON PCRC, OLD COLLIERY ROAD, WHISTON, PRESCOT, L35 3SX
ODS code N83609
4.1 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.
Hall Lane
BCT · Cronton
Hall Lane
BCT · Cronton
The Roundabout
BCT · Cronton
Chapel Lane
BCT · Cronton
Smithy Lane
BCT · Cronton
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Knowsley 017D, 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
18,898 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
54 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 6 secondary schools. Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 158 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
663 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 318 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.