Holywell
Holywell is covered by postcode districts CH6 and CH8. It is in the Flintshire council area, Wales.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Holywell (Flintshire).
Every postcode in Holywell, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 9
- Some can get gigabit: 38
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 199
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
Of the 246 postcodes in Holywell that ONS places, 9 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 38 have some that can and 199 can all get it.
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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.2760, longitude -3.2249. 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; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 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
What is it like to live in Holywell?
Homes sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 199 of the 246 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Flint, 6.8 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, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Holywell?
Homes in Holywell sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, up 1.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £255,000 24 sales
- Semi-detached £169,950 35 sales
- Terraced £152,000 9 sales
- Flat or maisonette £90,000 5 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CH8 district, Holywell's main postcode district: a typical £187,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Holywell: 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 Holywell?
7 of the 246 postcodes now in use in Holywell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 105 homes sold in Holywell were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CH8 district, 2%.
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 Holywell | Across the CH8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 73 (1%) | 1 of 196 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 5 of 105 (5%) | 5 of 259 (2%) |
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 Holywell?
Ofcom reports on 246 of the 246 postcodes in Holywell. At 199 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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
How far is the station from Holywell?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Holywell is Flint Rail Station, 6.8 km away in a straight line.
- Flint Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
- Neston Rail Station Railway station 10.9 kmDrive
- West Kirby Rail Station Railway station 11.1 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 Holywell?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Holywell. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Pennant Surgery Phone 01352 716766 450 mWalk
- Pendre Surgery Phone 01352 746131 550 mWalk
- Bodowen Surgery Phone 01352 710529 800 mWalk
- Panton Surgery Phone 01352 718364 850 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Holywell safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 979 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Holywell 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
- 85 September 2025
- 87 October 2025
- 81 November 2025
- 46 December 2025
- 91 January 2026
- 73 February 2026
- 85 March 2026
- 74 April 2026
- 81 May 2026
- 68 June 2026
- 100 July 2026
- 108 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 14, other crime 11, bicycle theft 6, possession of weapons 6, theft from the person 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.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Holywell?
- Council
- Flintshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Clwyd East
- Police force area
- North Wales
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Becky Gittins (Labour)
All 246 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 Holywell
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Flintshire about council tax Council tax, on flintshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Holywell
- 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
Holywell postcodes
246 postcodes in use in Holywell, by district:
Those districts are all in the CH postcode area.
Check a Holywell postcode
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Places near Holywell
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Holywell's £175,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Holywell
- What is it like to live in Holywell?
- Homes sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 199 of the 246 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Flint, 6.8 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, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Holywell?
- Holywell is covered by postcode districts CH6 and CH8, across 246 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Holywell in?
- Holywell is in the Flintshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Holywell?
- Holywell is in the Clwyd East parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Becky Gittins (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Holywell?
- Homes in Holywell sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, up 1.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- Does Holywell have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Holywell is Flint, 6.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Holywell?
- Ofcom reports on 246 of the 246 postcodes in Holywell. At 199 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Are new homes being built in Holywell?
- 7 of the 246 postcodes now in use in Holywell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 105 homes sold in Holywell were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CH8 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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