WA1 postcode district: Warrington and around
WA1 is a postcode district in England, with 776 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Warrington. Its council is Warrington.
- Postcodes in use
- 776
- Sectors
- 5
- Council
- Warrington
- Places
- Warrington
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in WA1, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 14
- At medium risk at worst: 42
- At low risk at worst: 181
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 539
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 776 postcodes in WA1 that ONS places, 14 have a home or business at high risk, 42 are at medium risk at worst, 181 are at low risk at worst and 539 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3937, longitude -2.5724. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
14 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 19 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WA1 4BH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 14 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WA1 3NJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WA1 1BF, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What broadband can you get in WA1?
Ofcom reports on 671 of the 776 postcodes in WA1. At 561 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is WA1 at risk of flooding?
237 of the 776 postcodes in WA1 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 711 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in WA1?
Homes in WA1 sold for a typical £237,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 279 sales, up 3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £230,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £237,000
▲ up 3% on the 12 months before
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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
Postcodes in WA1
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in WA1
Towns and villages with postcodes in WA1, and how many each has here.
Who covers WA1
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Warrington776
Constituencies
- Warrington North485
- Warrington South291
Police force areas
- Cheshire776
Next to WA1
"Next to" is by number: the district after WA1 in the WA area.
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