Helsby

Helsby is covered by postcode district WA6. It is in the Cheshire West and Chester council area, England.

Typical price £259,500 Homes sold in Helsby, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 190 of 216 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 219 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Helsby, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Helsby, by flood risk Of the 219 postcodes in Helsby that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 215 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Helsby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M56 WA6 0AA: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AB: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AD: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AE: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AG: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AH: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AJ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AL: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AN: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AP: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AQ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AR: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AS: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AT: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AU: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AW: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AX: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AY: not on the flood risk listWA6 0AZ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BA: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BB: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BD: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BE: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BF: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BG: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BH: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BJ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BL: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BN: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BQ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BS: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BT: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BU: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BW: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BX: not on the flood risk listWA6 0BZ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DA: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DB: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DE: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DL: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DN: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DP: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DQ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DR: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DS: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DT: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DU: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DW: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DX: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DY: not on the flood risk listWA6 0DZ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0EA: not on the flood risk listWA6 0EB: not on the flood risk listWA6 0ED: not on the flood risk listWA6 0EE: not on the flood risk listWA6 0EF: not on the flood risk listWA6 0EG: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listWA6 0GJ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0HF: not on the flood risk listWA6 0HH: not on the flood risk listWA6 0HJ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0HY: not on the flood risk listWA6 0HZ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0JD: not on the flood risk listWA6 0JE: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PH: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PJ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PL: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PN: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PP: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PQ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PR: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PS: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PT: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PU: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PW: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PX: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PY: not on the flood risk listWA6 0PZ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0QA: not on the flood risk listWA6 0QB: not on the flood risk listWA6 0QD: not on the flood risk listWA6 0QE: not on the flood risk listWA6 0QF: not on the flood risk listWA6 0QG: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listWA6 9AY: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BA: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BB: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BD: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BE: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BJ: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BL: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BN: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BP: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BQ: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BS: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BT: not on the flood risk listWA6 9BW: not on the flood risk listWA6 9JX: not on the flood risk listWA6 9JY: not on the flood risk listWA6 9JZ: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LA: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LB: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LD: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LE: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LF: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LG: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LH: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LJ: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LL: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LN: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LP: not on the flood risk listWA6 9LQ: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listWA6 9PT: not on the flood risk listWA6 9PU: not on the flood risk listWA6 9PW: not on the flood risk listWA6 9PX: not on the flood risk listWA6 9PY: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QA: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QD: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QE: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QF: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QG: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QH: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QJ: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QL: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QN: not on the flood risk listWA6 9QQ: not on the flood risk listWA6 0GA: low flood risk at worstWA6 0JF: low flood risk at worstWA6 0FY: medium flood risk at worstWA6 0DJ: high flood risk Helsby Map of every postcode in Helsby, by flood risk Of the 219 postcodes in Helsby that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 215 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Helsby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M56 Helsby
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 215

Of the 219 postcodes in Helsby that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 215 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.2710, longitude -2.7665. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 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 postcodes at high risk

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

WA6 0DJ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Helsby?

Homes sold for a typical £259,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 190 of the 216 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 219 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Helsby, 550 metres 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 Helsby?

Homes in Helsby sold for a typical £259,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 82 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £235,000 from 99 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£259,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£235,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £420,000 23 sales
  • Semi-detached £260,000 35 sales
  • Terraced £215,000 14 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £86,500 10 sales

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

Across the whole WA6 district, Helsby's main postcode district: a typical £305,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Helsby: 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 Helsby?

4 of the 219 postcodes now in use in Helsby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in Helsby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA6 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

WA6 0GJsince May 2026WA6 0GAsince December 2020WA6 0FZsince April 2020WA6 0FYsince January 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 HelsbyAcross the WA6 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 82 (0%) 3 of 219 (1%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 99 (0%) 1 of 322 (Under 1%)

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 Helsby?

Ofcom reports on 216 of the 219 postcodes in Helsby. At 190 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit190 of 216
Postcodes where every home can get superfast211 of 216

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Helsby at risk of flooding?

4 of the 219 postcodes in Helsby 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 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 219 postcodes High: 1Medium: 1Low: 17

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Helsby?

The open schools at the postcodes in Helsby. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Helsby?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Helsby is Helsby Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.

  • Helsby Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
  • Ince & Elton Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
  • Frodsham Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle

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 Helsby?

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

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Helsby safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 206 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Helsby 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. 14 September 2025
  2. 14 October 2025
  3. 11 November 2025
  4. 18 December 2025
  5. 19 January 2026
  6. 8 February 2026
  7. 16 March 2026
  8. 28 April 2026
  9. 14 May 2026
  10. 21 June 2026
  11. 28 July 2026
  12. 15 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences98 reports
Criminal damage and arson20 reports
Public order18 reports
Anti-social behaviour15 reports
Other theft13 reports
Other crime13 reports
Shoplifting11 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports

Also: burglary 4, drugs 4, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 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 postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Helsby?

Parliamentary constituency
Runcorn and Helsby
Police force area
Cheshire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Sarah Pochin (Reform UK)

All 219 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 Helsby

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Helsby postcodes

219 postcodes in use in Helsby, by district:

WA6 postcode district,219 postcodes

That district is in the WA postcode area.

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Places near Helsby

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Helsby's £259,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Elton3.2 km, £201,500Frodsham4.0 km, £302,500Kingsley5.9 km, £548,000Hale, Halton7.6 km, £300,000Kelsall7.9 km, £360,000Runcorn7.9 km, £180,000Tarvin8.5 km, £340,000Ellesmere Port10.0 km, £209,500 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Helsby

What is the postcode for Helsby?
Postcode district WA6, with 219 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Helsby in?
Cheshire West and Chester. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Helsby?
Sarah Pochin (Reform UK), for Runcorn and Helsby. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Helsby?
A typical £259,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 82 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Helsby?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Helsby Hillside Primary School and Horn's Mill Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Helsby High School. Source: Department for Education.
Does Helsby have a railway station?
Yes: Helsby station, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Helsby?
Ofcom reports on 216 of the 219 postcodes in Helsby. At 190 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Helsby at risk of flooding?
4 of the 219 postcodes in Helsby 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 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Helsby?
4 of the 219 postcodes now in use in Helsby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in Helsby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA6 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is 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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