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WA8 5UY

Birchfield · Halton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Widnes
Ward
Birchfield
Local authority
Halton
Constituency
Widnes and Halewood
Postcode district
WA8
Postcode sector
WA8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA8 5UX 164 m
WA8 5UZ 259 m
WA8 5UP 481 m
L35 6PG 540 m
WA8 5AE 741 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA8 5UY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA8
Postcode sector
WA8 5
Latitude
53.400136
Longitude
-2.733833
British National Grid easting
351,305
British National Grid northing
389,506

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Halton · E06000006
Electoral ward
Birchfield · E05013172
Parish or community
E43000006
Westminster constituency
Widnes and Halewood · E14001584
Output area
E00188821
Lower layer super output area
Halton 001B · E01012393
Middle layer super output area
Halton 001 · E02002574

Postcode source versions

Explore WA8

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lilycross Care Centre, Wilmere Lane, Widnes, WA8 5UY 12 July 2023 £4,410,000
Lilycross Care Centre, Wilmere Lane, Widnes, WA8 5UY 15 March 2006 £625,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
39
Secondary
7

  1. St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

  2. Sutton Manor Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  3. Lunts Heath Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
337
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 168
  • Anti social behaviour 39
  • Public order 37
  • Drugs 28
  • Other theft 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
40

19 female, 21 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA8 5 residents
3,423

Age bands in WA8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

519 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

256 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.5%

718 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

857 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

583 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% 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.

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

16

within 5 km

  • FOUR ACRE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N83021

    2.2 km

  • FIR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT

    ODS code N81035

    2.2 km

  • BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE

    BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR

    ODS code N81011

    2.4 km

  • RAINHILL VILLAGE SURGERY

    529 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LP

    ODS code N83010

    2.7 km

  • LONGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    451 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LL

    ODS code N83053

    3.1 km

  • PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA

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

    ODS code N81045

    3.2 km

  • UPTON ROCKS PRIMARY CARE

    HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU

    ODS code N81651

    3.3 km

  • HOUGH GREEN HEALTH PARK

    HOUGH GREEN ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 4PF

    ODS code N81119

    3.3 km

  • NEWTOWN SURGERY

    OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81064

    4.2 km

  • OAKS PLACE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81619

    4.2 km

  • THE BOWERY MEDICAL CENTRE

    ELEPHANT LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 5PR

    ODS code N83050

    4.3 km

  • RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE

    333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN

    ODS code N83001

    4.3 km

  • MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA

    ODS code Y02510

    4.5 km

  • THE BEECHES MEDICAL CTR

    20 DITCHFIELD ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 8QS

    ODS code N81037

    4.6 km

  • CEDAR CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHISTON PCRC, OLD COLLIERY ROAD, WHISTON, PRESCOT, L35 3SX

    ODS code N83609

    4.8 km

  • THE SPINNEY MEDICAL CTR.

    WHITTLE STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 3EB

    ODS code N83035

    5.0 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

  • Wilmere House

    BCT · Barrows Green

    0.0 miles

  • Warrington Road

    BCT · Bold Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Wilmere House

    BCT · Upton Rocks

    0.1 miles

  • Warrington Road

    BCT · Bold Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Union Bank Lane

    BCT · Bold Heath

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 001B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,434 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £4,410,000 from 1 recorded sale in WA8 5UY. 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

58 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

337 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 168 events.

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