WA16 postcode district: Knutsford and around

WA16 is a postcode district in England, with 1,191 postcodes in use in 6 sectors. It has postcodes in Knutsford, Pickmere, Hale and 1 more place. It is split between 2 councils: Cheshire East (1,114 postcodes) and Cheshire West and Chester (77).

Postcodes in use: 1,191
Sectors: 6
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 4 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in WA16, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 53
In use before 2020: 1,138
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,191 postcodes in WA16 that ONS places, 53 are new since 2020 and 1,138 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 200 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 53.3031, longitude -2.3721. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes

WA16 1HHJuly 2026 WA16 1HGJune 2026 WA16 0PAApril 2026 WA16 8NUMarch 2026 WA16 8LJJanuary 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA16 1HH, is the newest of them.
13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA16 8FL, is the newest of them.
11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA16 0GT, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in WA16?

Ofcom reports on 1,160 of the 1,191 postcodes in WA16. At 615 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 10 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit615 of 1,160

Postcodes where every home can get superfast911 of 1,160

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband10 of 1,160

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is WA16 at risk of flooding?

21 of the 1,191 postcodes in WA16 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 20 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 21 of 1,191 postcodes High: 13Medium: 7Low: 47

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 WA16?

Homes in WA16 sold for a typical £476,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 325 sales, down 7.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£476,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£514,500 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 7.5% on the 12 months before

Detached £739,950 141 sales
Semi-detached £425,000 70 sales
Terraced £367,500 73 sales
Flat or maisonette £215,000 41 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

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