Culcheth

Culcheth is covered by postcode district WA3. It is in the Warrington council area, England.

Typical price £325,000 Homes sold in Culcheth, last 12 months. ▼ 8.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 187 of 197 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 15 of 197 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Culcheth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Culcheth, by flood risk Of the 197 postcodes in Culcheth that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 182 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Culcheth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A574 WA3 4AJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 4AL: not on the flood risk listWA3 4AN: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BG: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BH: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BL: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BP: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BU: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BX: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BY: not on the flood risk listWA3 4BZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DA: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DB: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DD: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DE: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DF: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DG: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DL: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DN: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DP: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DR: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DS: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DT: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DU: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DW: not on the flood risk listWA3 4DX: not on 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the flood risk listWA3 4LY: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NA: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NB: not on the flood risk listWA3 4ND: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NE: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NF: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NL: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NN: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NP: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NR: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NS: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NT: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NU: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NW: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NX: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NY: not on the flood risk listWA3 4NZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 4PA: not on the flood risk listWA3 4PB: not on the flood risk listWA3 4PD: not on the flood risk listWA3 4PE: not on the flood risk listWA3 4PS: not on the flood risk listWA3 4PT: not on the flood risk listWA3 4PU: not on the flood risk listWA3 4PX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AF: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listWA3 5ET: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EU: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QT: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QU: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RD: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RF: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RG: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RR: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RS: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RT: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RU: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SW: not on the flood risk listWA3 4HE: low flood risk at worstWA3 4JY: low flood risk at worstWA3 4LG: low flood risk at worstWA3 4LN: low flood risk at worstWA3 4BJ: high flood riskWA3 4BN: high flood riskWA3 4BS: high flood riskWA3 4BT: high flood riskWA3 4BW: high flood riskWA3 4EY: high flood riskWA3 4HA: high flood riskWA3 4JH: high flood riskWA3 4JX: high flood riskWA3 4LF: high flood riskWA3 4LZ: high flood risk Culcheth 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to WA3 4BJ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Culcheth, by flood risk Of the 197 postcodes in Culcheth that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 182 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Culcheth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Culcheth
  • A home or business at high risk: 11
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 182
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 197 postcodes in Culcheth that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 182 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4538, longitude -2.5210. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

WA3 4BJ11 at high riskWA3 4BT9 at high riskWA3 4JH9 at high riskWA3 4JX7 at high riskWA3 4BN4 at high riskWA3 4HA3 at high riskWA3 4EY2 at high riskWA3 4BS1 at high riskWA3 4BW1 at high riskWA3 4LF1 at high riskWA3 4LZ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WA3 4BJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Culcheth?

Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. At 187 of the 197 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 197 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Birchwood, 4.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Culcheth?

Homes in Culcheth sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 76 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£325,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£355,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 8.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £505,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £300,000 29 sales
  • Terraced £240,000 9 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £150,000 7 sales

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

Across the whole WA3 district, Culcheth's main postcode district: a typical £255,498.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Culcheth: 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

Are new homes being built in Culcheth?

2 of the 197 postcodes now in use in Culcheth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 120 homes sold in Culcheth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA3 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

WA3 4DJsince March 2025WA3 4PUsince June 2020

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

PeriodIn CulchethAcross the WA3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 76 (0%) 6 of 564 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 120 (0%) 74 of 779 (9%)

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Culcheth?

Ofcom reports on 197 of the 197 postcodes in Culcheth. At 187 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit187 of 197
Postcodes where every home can get superfast196 of 197

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 Culcheth at risk of flooding?

15 of the 197 postcodes in Culcheth 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 49 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 15 of 197 postcodes High: 49Low: 34

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

Which schools are in Culcheth?

The open schools at the postcodes in Culcheth. 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.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Culcheth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Culcheth is Birchwood Rail Station, 4.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Birchwood Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
  • Glazebrook Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmCycle
  • Padgate Rail Station Railway station 5.8 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Culcheth?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Culcheth. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Culcheth safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 309 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Culcheth 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

  1. 20 September 2025
  2. 24 October 2025
  3. 28 November 2025
  4. 19 December 2025
  5. 21 January 2026
  6. 23 February 2026
  7. 28 March 2026
  8. 26 April 2026
  9. 37 May 2026
  10. 30 June 2026
  11. 24 July 2026
  12. 29 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences123 reports
Anti-social behaviour40 reports
Shoplifting37 reports
Public order33 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Other theft16 reports
Burglary13 reports
Other crime10 reports

Also: vehicle crime 9, drugs 7, possession of weapons 3, bicycle theft 2.

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 postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Culcheth?

Council
Warrington
Parliamentary constituency
Warrington North
Police force area
Cheshire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

All 197 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Culcheth

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Culcheth postcodes

197 postcodes in use in Culcheth, by district:

WA3 postcode district,197 postcodes

That district is in the WA postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Culcheth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Culcheth's £325,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Glazebury2.5 km, £390,000Croft2.7 km, £376,000Golborne4.6 km, £235,000Leigh4.9 km, £177,000Winwick5.7 km, £345,000Higher Folds6.2 kmIrlam6.4 km, £233,000Astley6.6 km, £257,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Culcheth

What is it like to live in Culcheth?
Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. At 187 of the 197 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 197 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Birchwood, 4.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Culcheth?
Culcheth is covered by postcode district WA3, across 197 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Culcheth in?
Culcheth is in the Warrington council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Culcheth?
Culcheth is in the Warrington North parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Charlotte Nichols (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Culcheth?
Homes in Culcheth sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 76 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Culcheth?
In Culcheth, primary schools at its postcodes include Newchurch Community Primary School, Twiss Green Community Primary School and Culcheth Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Culcheth High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Culcheth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Culcheth is Birchwood, 4.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Culcheth?
Ofcom reports on 197 of the 197 postcodes in Culcheth. At 187 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Culcheth at risk of flooding?
15 of the 197 postcodes in Culcheth 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 49 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Culcheth?
2 of the 197 postcodes now in use in Culcheth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 120 homes sold in Culcheth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA3 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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