Warrington
Warrington is covered by postcode districts WA1, WA2, WA3, WA4, WA5 and WA55. It is mostly in the Warrington council area: 4,085 of its 4,086 postcodes. The other is in St. Helens.
Every postcode in Warrington, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 164
- In use before 2020: 3,922
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 4,086 postcodes in Warrington that ONS places, 164 are new since 2020 and 3,922 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 53.3941, longitude -2.5883. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 47 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA4 9XF, is the newest of them.
- 18 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA5 3ZE, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA4 5HF, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA3 9AQ, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA1 2PP, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA2 7GG, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Warrington?
Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 3,445 of the 3,876 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,159 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 818 of its 4,086 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Warrington Central, 400 metres 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 Warrington?
Homes in Warrington sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,923 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £395,000 429 sales
- Semi-detached £255,000 805 sales
- Terraced £186,750 484 sales
- Flat or maisonette £125,000 205 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WA5 district, Warrington's main postcode district: a typical £260,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Warrington: 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 Warrington?
164 of the 4,086 postcodes now in use in Warrington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 2,355 homes sold in Warrington were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA5 district, 7%.
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 Warrington | Across the WA5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 1,923 (0%) | 13 of 684 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 2 of 2,355 (Under 1%) | 63 of 914 (7%) |
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 Warrington?
Ofcom reports on 3,876 of the 4,086 postcodes in Warrington. At 3,445 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 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
Is Warrington at risk of flooding?
818 of the 4,086 postcodes in Warrington 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 3,159 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 Warrington?
The open schools at the postcodes in Warrington (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
- St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy800 m
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School900 m 212 pupils, 210 places
- Beamont Primary School900 m 333 pupils, 420 places
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School1.0 km 192 pupils, 240 places
- Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy1.0 km
- Latchford St James CofE Primary School1.1 km 188 pupils, 196 places
- Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School1.1 km 667 pupils, 656 places
- Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School1.4 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 Warrington?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Warrington is Warrington Central Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Warrington Central Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Warrington Bank Quay Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Padgate Rail Station Railway station 2.5 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 Warrington?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Warrington, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Cockhedge Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01925 244655 350 mWalk
- Dallam Lane Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01925 572334 500 mWalk
- The Eric Moore Partnership Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report August 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01925 843883 600 mWalk
- Helsby Street Med/Ctr Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01925 972590 800 mWalk
- Springfields Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01925 361991 800 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Warrington safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,642 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Warrington 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
- 454 September 2025
- 439 October 2025
- 397 November 2025
- 438 December 2025
- 391 January 2026
- 473 February 2026
- 532 March 2026
- 459 April 2026
- 520 May 2026
- 539 June 2026
- 498 July 2026
- 502 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 131, other crime 124, bicycle theft 95, possession of weapons 70, robbery 48, theft from the person 20.
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 Warrington?
- Councils
- Warrington (4,085) and St. Helens (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Warrington South (2,443), Warrington North (1,642) and St Helens South and Whiston (1)
- Police force areas
- Cheshire (4,085) and Merseyside (1)
- 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 Warrington
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Warrington is in Warrington; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Warrington about council tax Council tax, on warrington.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Warrington
- 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
Warrington postcodes
4,086 postcodes in use in Warrington, by district:
Those districts are all in the WA postcode area.
Check a Warrington postcode
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 Warrington
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Warrington's £245,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Warrington
- What is it like to live in Warrington?
- Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 3,445 of the 3,876 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,159 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 818 of its 4,086 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Warrington Central, 400 metres 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 Warrington?
- Warrington is covered by postcode districts WA1, WA2, WA3, WA4, WA5 and WA55, across 4,086 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Warrington?
- Homes in Warrington sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,923 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Warrington?
- In Warrington, primary schools at its postcodes include St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy, St Benedict's Catholic Primary School and Beamont Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Empower Academy, Aldridge UTC Warrington and Infinite Schools - Warrington. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Warrington have a railway station?
- Yes: Warrington Central is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Warrington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Warrington?
- Ofcom reports on 3,876 of the 4,086 postcodes in Warrington. At 3,445 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Warrington at risk of flooding?
- 818 of the 4,086 postcodes in Warrington 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 3,159 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 Warrington?
- 164 of the 4,086 postcodes now in use in Warrington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 2,355 homes sold in Warrington were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA5 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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