Runcorn
Runcorn is covered by postcode districts WA4 and WA7. It is mostly in the Halton council area: 1,486 of its 1,491 postcodes. The others are in Cheshire West and Chester.
Every postcode in Runcorn, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 55
- In use before 2020: 1,436
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,491 postcodes in Runcorn that ONS places, 55 are new since 2020 and 1,436 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 53.3311, longitude -2.7032. 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 Runcorn?
Homes sold for a typical £182,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4% on the 12 months before. At 1,253 of the 1,438 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 170 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 1,491 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Runcorn East, 2.5 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 Runcorn?
Homes in Runcorn sold for a typical £182,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 493 sales, up 4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £317,500 119 sales
- Semi-detached £195,000 180 sales
- Terraced £140,000 172 sales
- Flat or maisonette £96,000 22 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WA7 district, Runcorn's main postcode district: a typical £183,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Runcorn: 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 Runcorn?
55 of the 1,491 postcodes now in use in Runcorn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 725 homes sold in Runcorn were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA7 district, 6%.
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 Runcorn | Across the WA7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 493 (0%) | 10 of 498 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 10 of 725 (1%) | 44 of 760 (6%) |
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 Runcorn?
Ofcom reports on 1,438 of the 1,491 postcodes in Runcorn. At 1,253 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 Runcorn at risk of flooding?
46 of the 1,491 postcodes in Runcorn 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 170 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 Runcorn?
The open schools at the postcodes in Runcorn (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Castle View Primary School350 m 176 pupils, 140 places
- The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School500 m 75 pupils, 140 places
- The Brow Community Primary School550 m 136 pupils, 175 places
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School700 m 184 pupils, 245 places
- Woodside Primary School750 m 116 pupils, 210 places
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School750 m 205 pupils, 210 places
- The Grange School1.0 km 1,200 pupils, 1,320 places
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery1.1 km 83 pupils, 126 places
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 Runcorn?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Runcorn is Runcorn East Rail Station, 2.5 km away in a straight line.
- Runcorn East Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
- Runcorn Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
- Frodsham Rail Station Railway station 4.1 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 Runcorn?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Runcorn, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Brookvale Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2024 · Phone 01928 718182 750 mWalk
- Weaver Vale Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01928 711911 750 mWalk
- Castlefields Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01928 566671 1.1 kmWalk
- Grove House Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report January 2024 · Phone 01928 566561 2.2 kmCycle
- Tower House Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2026 · Phone 01928 567404 2.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Runcorn safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,918 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Runcorn 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
- 244 September 2025
- 298 October 2025
- 212 November 2025
- 233 December 2025
- 235 January 2026
- 215 February 2026
- 274 March 2026
- 224 April 2026
- 238 May 2026
- 232 June 2026
- 255 July 2026
- 258 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 88, vehicle crime 63, possession of weapons 48, robbery 19, bicycle theft 15, theft from the person 3.
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 Runcorn?
- Councils
- Halton (1,486) and Cheshire West and Chester (5)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Runcorn and Helsby (1,486) and Tatton (5)
- 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 Runcorn
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Runcorn is in Halton; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Halton about council tax Council tax, on www3.halton.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Runcorn
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Runcorn postcodes
1,491 postcodes in use in Runcorn, by district:
Those districts are all 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 Runcorn
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Runcorn's £182,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Runcorn
- What is it like to live in Runcorn?
- Homes sold for a typical £182,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4% on the 12 months before. At 1,253 of the 1,438 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 170 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 1,491 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Runcorn East, 2.5 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 Runcorn?
- Runcorn is covered by postcode districts WA4 and WA7, across 1,491 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Runcorn?
- Homes in Runcorn sold for a typical £182,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 493 sales, up 4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Runcorn?
- In Runcorn, primary schools at its postcodes include Castle View Primary School, The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School and The Brow Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy, The Grange School and The Bridge School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Runcorn have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Runcorn is Runcorn East, 2.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Runcorn?
- Ofcom reports on 1,438 of the 1,491 postcodes in Runcorn. At 1,253 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Runcorn at risk of flooding?
- 46 of the 1,491 postcodes in Runcorn 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 170 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 Runcorn?
- 55 of the 1,491 postcodes now in use in Runcorn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 725 homes sold in Runcorn were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA7 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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