Pickmere
Pickmere is covered by postcode districts CW9 and WA16. It is mostly in the Cheshire West and Chester council area: 27 of its 52 postcodes. The others are in Cheshire East.
Every postcode in Pickmere, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 3
- Some can get gigabit: 9
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 40
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
Of the 52 postcodes in Pickmere that ONS places, 3 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 9 have some that can and 40 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 53.2868, longitude -2.4684. 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
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
What is it like to live in Pickmere?
Homes sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6% on the 12 months before. At 40 of the 52 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 52 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 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Middlewich Road Surgery, 3.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Lostock Gralam, 2.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
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 Pickmere?
Homes in Pickmere sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, down 6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £370,000 14 sales
- Semi-detached £290,500 14 sales
- Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CW9 district, Pickmere's main postcode district: a typical £278,748.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Pickmere: 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 Pickmere?
None of the 52 postcodes now in use in Pickmere came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 50 homes sold in Pickmere were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW9 district, 13%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Pickmere | Across the CW9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 31 (0%) | 16 of 466 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 50 (0%) | 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 Pickmere?
Ofcom reports on 52 of the 52 postcodes in Pickmere. At 40 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 Pickmere at risk of flooding?
None of the 52 postcodes in Pickmere 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, 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 Pickmere?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Pickmere. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
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 Pickmere?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Pickmere is Lostock Gralam Rail Station, 2.1 km away in a straight line.
- Lostock Gralam Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
- Northwich Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
- Plumley Rail Station Railway station 3.5 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 Pickmere?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Pickmere. 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.
- Middlewich Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2023 · Phone 01606 544700 3.5 kmCycle
- Witton Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01606 544850 3.6 kmCycle
- Watling Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01606 42452 4.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Pickmere safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 116 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Pickmere 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
- 2 September 2025
- 4 October 2025
- 6 November 2025
- 10 December 2025
- 7 January 2026
- 5 February 2026
- 6 March 2026
- 9 April 2026
- 20 May 2026
- 18 June 2026
- 15 July 2026
- 14 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 3, shoplifting 2, possession of weapons 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 Pickmere?
- Councils
- Cheshire West and Chester (27) and Cheshire East (25)
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tatton
- Police force area
- Cheshire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Esther McVey (Conservative)
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. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Pickmere
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Pickmere is in Cheshire West and Chester; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- 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
Pickmere postcodes
52 postcodes in use in Pickmere, by district:
Those districts are in the CW postcode area and 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 Pickmere
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Pickmere's £315,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Pickmere
- What is it like to live in Pickmere?
- Homes sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6% on the 12 months before. At 40 of the 52 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 52 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 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Middlewich Road Surgery, 3.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Lostock Gralam, 2.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. 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 Pickmere?
- Pickmere is covered by postcode districts CW9 and WA16, across 52 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Pickmere?
- Pickmere is in the Tatton parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Esther McVey (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Pickmere?
- Homes in Pickmere sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, down 6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Pickmere?
- In Pickmere, primary schools at its postcodes include Wincham Community Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Cransley School, 3.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Pickmere have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Pickmere is Lostock Gralam, 2.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Pickmere?
- Ofcom reports on 52 of the 52 postcodes in Pickmere. At 40 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Pickmere at risk of flooding?
- None of the 52 postcodes in Pickmere 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Pickmere?
- None of the 52 postcodes now in use in Pickmere came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 50 homes sold in Pickmere were newly built (0%), 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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