Northwich
Northwich is covered by postcode districts CW8 and CW9. It is in the Cheshire West and Chester council area, England.
Every postcode in Northwich, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 39
- In use before 2020: 563
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 602 postcodes in Northwich that ONS places, 39 are new since 2020 and 563 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 150 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 53.2595, longitude -2.5146. 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
What is it like to live in Northwich?
Homes sold for a typical £209,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.3% on the 12 months before. At 482 of the 544 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 166 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 94 of its 602 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Northwich, 1.2 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 Northwich?
Homes in Northwich sold for a typical £209,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 326 sales, up 10.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £337,500 48 sales
- Semi-detached £245,000 98 sales
- Terraced £172,000 127 sales
- Flat or maisonette £110,000 53 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CW9 district, Northwich's main postcode district: a typical £278,748.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Northwich: 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 Northwich?
39 of the 602 postcodes now in use in Northwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 365 homes sold in Northwich were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW9 district, 13%.
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 Northwich | Across the CW9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 11 of 326 (3%) | 16 of 466 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 16 of 365 (4%) | 87 of 655 (13%) |
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 Northwich?
Ofcom reports on 544 of the 602 postcodes in Northwich. At 482 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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Northwich at risk of flooding?
94 of the 602 postcodes in Northwich 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 166 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Northwich?
The open schools at the postcodes in Northwich. 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
- Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School550 m 219 pupils, 280 places
- Charles Darwin Community Primary School850 m 331 pupils, 342 places
- Victoria Road Primary School1.0 km 125 pupils, 210 places
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School1.6 km 420 pupils, 420 places
- Elmy Hall School1.7 km
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 Northwich?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Northwich is Northwich Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Northwich Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
- Greenbank Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
- Hartford Rail Station Railway station 3.3 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Northwich?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Northwich, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Watling Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01606 42452 100 mWalk
- Danebridge Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01606 544544 200 mWalk
- Witton Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01606 544850 750 mWalk
- Firdale Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 01606 544300 1.6 kmCycle
- Middlewich Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2023 · Phone 01606 544700 1.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Northwich safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,952 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Northwich 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
- 160 September 2025
- 173 October 2025
- 166 November 2025
- 158 December 2025
- 145 January 2026
- 107 February 2026
- 158 March 2026
- 153 April 2026
- 163 May 2026
- 180 June 2026
- 169 July 2026
- 220 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 40, other crime 39, possession of weapons 14, robbery 12, bicycle theft 10, theft from the person 5.
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 Northwich?
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Mid Cheshire (595) and Tatton (7)
- Police force area
- Cheshire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Northwich
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 GP practices in Northwich
- 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
Northwich postcodes
602 postcodes in use in Northwich, by district:
Those districts are all in the CW postcode area.
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Places near Northwich
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Northwich's £209,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Northwich
- What is it like to live in Northwich?
- Homes sold for a typical £209,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.3% on the 12 months before. At 482 of the 544 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 166 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 94 of its 602 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Northwich, 1.2 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 Northwich?
- Northwich is covered by postcode districts CW8 and CW9, across 602 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Northwich in?
- Northwich is in the Cheshire West and Chester council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Northwich?
- Homes in Northwich sold for a typical £209,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 326 sales, up 10.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Northwich?
- In Northwich, primary schools at its postcodes include Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary School, Charles Darwin Community Primary School and Victoria Road Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Everly East Academy and Elmy Hall School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Northwich have a railway station?
- Yes: Northwich is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Northwich, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Northwich?
- Ofcom reports on 544 of the 602 postcodes in Northwich. At 482 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Northwich at risk of flooding?
- 94 of the 602 postcodes in Northwich 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 166 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 Northwich?
- 39 of the 602 postcodes now in use in Northwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 365 homes sold in Northwich were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW9 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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