Christleton and Waverton
Christleton and Waverton is covered by postcode district CH3. It is in the Cheshire West and Chester council area, England.
Every postcode in Christleton and Waverton, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 3
- In use before 2020: 98
Of the 101 postcodes in Christleton and Waverton that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 98 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. 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 53.1778, longitude -2.8264. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
The 3 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Christleton and Waverton?
Homes sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 75 of the 100 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 101 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Heath Lane Medical Centre, 2.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Chester, 4.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Christleton and Waverton?
Homes in Christleton and Waverton sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 51 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £415,000 from 48 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £538,500 14 sales
- Semi-detached £345,000 29 sales
- Terraced £385,000 5 sales
- Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CH3 district, Christleton and Waverton's main postcode district: a typical £332,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Christleton and Waverton: 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 October 2026.
Are new homes being built in Christleton and Waverton?
3 of the 101 postcodes now in use in Christleton and Waverton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 7 of the 48 homes sold in Christleton and Waverton were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CH3 district, 6%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Christleton and Waverton | Across the CH3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 2 of 51 (4%) | 5 of 490 (1%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 7 of 48 (15%) | 34 of 587 (6%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Christleton and Waverton?
Ofcom reports on 100 of the 101 postcodes in Christleton and Waverton. At 75 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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is Christleton and Waverton at risk of flooding?
None of the 101 postcodes in Christleton and Waverton is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
Which schools are in Christleton and Waverton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Christleton and Waverton. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
How far is the station from Christleton and Waverton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Christleton and Waverton is Chester Rail Station, 4.1 km away in a straight line.
- Chester Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
- Bache Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Mouldsworth Rail Station Railway station 8.7 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Which GP surgeries are in Christleton and Waverton?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Christleton and Waverton. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Heath Lane Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01244 563105 2.8 kmCycle
- Boughton Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01244 325421 3.7 kmCycle
- Park Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2025 · Phone 01244 324136 4.2 kmCycle
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Christleton and Waverton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 134 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Christleton and Waverton over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 7 September 2025
- 12 October 2025
- 12 November 2025
- 12 December 2025
- 13 January 2026
- 7 February 2026
- 12 March 2026
- 13 April 2026
- 10 May 2026
- 13 June 2026
- 15 July 2026
- 8 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 3, bicycle theft 2, robbery 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Christleton and Waverton?
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury
- Police force area
- Cheshire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Aphra Brandreth (Conservative)
All 101 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
Moving to Christleton and Waverton
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Cheshire West and Chester about council tax Council tax, on cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Christleton and Waverton postcodes
101 postcodes in use in Christleton and Waverton, by district:
That district is in the CH postcode area.
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Places near Christleton and Waverton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Christleton and Waverton's £395,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Christleton and Waverton
- What is the postcode for Christleton and Waverton?
- Postcode district CH3, with 101 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Christleton and Waverton in?
- Cheshire West and Chester. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Christleton and Waverton?
- Aphra Brandreth (Conservative), for Chester South and Eddisbury. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Christleton and Waverton?
- A typical £395,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 51 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Christleton and Waverton?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Christleton Primary School and Waverton Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Christleton High School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Christleton and Waverton have a railway station?
- The nearest is Chester station, 4.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Christleton and Waverton?
- Ofcom reports on 100 of the 101 postcodes in Christleton and Waverton. At 75 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Christleton and Waverton at risk of flooding?
- None of the 101 postcodes in Christleton and Waverton is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Christleton and Waverton?
- 3 of the 101 postcodes now in use in Christleton and Waverton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 7 of the 48 homes sold in Christleton and Waverton were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CH3 district, 6%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Environment Agency flood risk
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
- UK Parliament
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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