WA8 7EF

Central & West Bank · Halton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Widnes
Local authority
Halton
Constituency
Widnes and Halewood
Postcode district
WA8
Postcode sector
WA8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA8 7LS 98 m
WA8 7BU 114 m
WA8 7LT 116 m
WA8 7LR 117 m
WA8 7BL 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA8 7EF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA8
Postcode sector
WA8 7
Latitude
53.366951
Longitude
-2.739455
British National Grid easting
350,893
British National Grid northing
385,818

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Halton · E06000006
Parish or community
E43000006
Westminster constituency
Widnes and Halewood · E14001584
Output area
E00062672
Lower layer super output area
Halton 007C · E01012424
Middle layer super output area
Halton 007 · E02002580

Postcode source versions

Explore WA8

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
70, Lower House Lane, Widnes, WA8 7EF 21 August 2024 £169,000
66, Lower House Lane, Widnes, WA8 7EF 23 September 2022 £131,000
70, Lower House Lane, Widnes, WA8 7EF 13 July 2018 £116,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
36
Secondary
5
  1. Riverside College Halton

    Further education

    456 m
  2. Kingsway Primary Academy School

    Academy sponsor led

    458 m
  3. St Bede's Catholic Junior School

    Voluntary aided school

    661 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,101
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,314
  • Public order 386
  • Anti social behaviour 288
  • Criminal damage and arson 241
  • Shoplifting 224

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

14 female, 15 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.6
WA8 7 residents
10,713

Age bands in WA8 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.2%

2,012 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

1,292 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

2,657 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,765 residents

Age 65 and over
16.9%

1,771 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WA8 7 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+
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

11

within 5 km

  • NEWTOWN SURGERY

    OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD

    ODS code N81064

    587 m

  • OAKS PLACE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81619

    587 m

  • UPTON ROCKS PRIMARY CARE

    HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU

    ODS code N81651

    1.2 km

  • PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA

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

    ODS code N81045

    1.3 km

  • FIR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT

    ODS code N81035

    1.7 km

  • BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE

    BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR

    ODS code N81011

    1.7 km

  • THE BEECHES MEDICAL CTR

    20 DITCHFIELD ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 8QS

    ODS code N81037

    1.8 km

  • HOUGH GREEN HEALTH PARK

    HOUGH GREEN ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 4PF

    ODS code N81119

    2.3 km

  • GROVE HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81066

    2.9 km

  • TOWER HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code N81057

    2.9 km

  • CASTLEFIELDS HEALTH CENTRE

    THE VILLAGE SQUARE, CASTLEFIELDS, RUNCORN, WA7 2ST

    ODS code N81019

    4.5 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

  • Wavertree Avenue

    BCT · Widnes

    0.0 miles
  • Sinclair Avenue

    BCT · Widnes

    0.0 miles
  • Cricketers Arms

    BCT · Widnes

    0.2 miles
  • The Albion

    BCT · Widnes

    0.2 miles
  • Cricketers Arms

    BCT · Widnes

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 007C, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

372 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £150,000 from 2 recorded sales in WA8 7EF. 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

55 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 5 secondary schools. Riverside College Halton is the nearest published school at 456 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,101 published events cover 12 months, averaging 258.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,314 events.

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