Schools
48 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ditton Primary School is the nearest published school at 143 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WA8 7NG
Highfield · Halton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Highfield
- Local authority
- Halton
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Postcode district
- WA8
- Postcode sector
- WA8 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA8 7NG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1992
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA8
- Postcode sector
- WA8 7
- Latitude
- 53.372117
- Longitude
- -2.749961
- British National Grid easting
- 350,200
- British National Grid northing
- 386,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Halton · E06000006
- Electoral ward
- Highfield · E05013182
- Parish or community
- E43000006
- Westminster constituency
- Widnes and Halewood · E14001584
- Output area
- E00062454
- Lower layer super output area
- Halton 006A · E01012378
- Middle layer super output area
- Halton 006 · E02002579
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WA8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 48
- Primary
- 29
- Secondary
- 4
- 143 m
Ditton Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 297 m
Chesnut Lodge Special School
Community special school
- 333 m
Ashley High School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,602
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,243
- Public order 284
- Anti social behaviour 252
- Criminal damage and arson 194
- Other theft 143
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WA8 7 residents
- 10,713
Age bands in WA8 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.9%
2,012 residents
1,292 residents
2,657 residents
2,765 residents
1,771 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.
GP practices
11
within 5 km straight-line
UPTON ROCKS PRIMARY CARE
HEATH ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7NU
ODS code N81651
326 m
FIR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
UPTON ROCKS, WIDNES, WA8 9DT
ODS code N81035
1.1 km
THE BEECHES MEDICAL CTR
20 DITCHFIELD ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 8QS
ODS code N81037
1.4 km
HOUGH GREEN HEALTH PARK
HOUGH GREEN ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 4PF
ODS code N81119
1.4 km
NEWTOWN SURGERY
OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD
ODS code N81064
1.5 km
OAKS PLACE SURGERY
WIDNES HEALTH CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, OAKS PLACE, CALDWELL ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 7GD
ODS code N81619
1.5 km
PEELHOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA
PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PLAZA, PEEL HOUSE LANE, WIDNES, WA8 6TN
ODS code N81045
1.8 km
BEVAN GROUP PRACTICE
BEVAN WAY, WIDNES, WA8 6TR
ODS code N81011
1.9 km
GROVE HOUSE PRACTICE
ST. PAULS HEALTH CENTRE, HIGH STREET, RUNCORN, WA7 1AB
ODS code N81066
3.6 km
TOWER HOUSE PRACTICE
ST. PAULS HEALTH CENTRE, HIGH STREET, RUNCORN, WA7 1AB
ODS code N81057
3.6 km
RAINHILL VILLAGE SURGERY
529 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LP
ODS code N83010
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Ball O Ditton
BCT · Ball ODitton
- 0.1 miles
Ball O Ditton
BCT · Ball ODitton
- 0.2 miles
Widnes Rec.
BCT · Ball ODitton
- 0.2 miles
Chesnut Lodge
BCT · Ball ODitton
- 0.2 miles
Widnes Rec.
BCT · Ball ODitton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Halton 006A, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
22,519 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,602 published events cover 12 months, averaging 216.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,243 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.