CH postcode area: Chester

The CH postcode area is known as the Chester area. It is every postcode that begins CH followed by a number. It has 38 districts and 19,090 postcodes in use, across 5 councils.

Homes in the CH area sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £125,000 in CH41 (Birkenhead) to £456,500 in CH60 (Heswall).

For the town itself, see Chester postcodes.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

Where it is

Latitude 53.2910

Longitude -3.0232

This is the middle of the postcodes in the CH area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

What do homes cost in the CH area?

Homes in the CH area sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 7,727 sales, up 3.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£235,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£227,500
12 months to August 2026
£235,000

▲ up 3.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£360,000 1,954 sales
Semi-detached£235,000 3,214 sales
Terraced£180,000 1,762 sales
Flat or maisonette£139,000 797 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

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How do the CH districts compare?

A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.

Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them

One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.

Places in the CH area

Towns and villages with postcodes in the CH area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.

Councils in the CH area

How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.

  • Wirral8,693 postcodes
  • Cheshire West and Chester6,056 postcodes
  • Flintshire4,268 postcodes
  • Denbighshire71 postcodes
  • Cheshire East1 postcode
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Near the CH area

The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.

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