Widnes
Widnes is covered by postcode districts WA5, WA8 and WA88. It is mostly in the Halton council area: 1,427 of its 1,444 postcodes. The others are in Knowsley, Warrington and St. Helens.
Every postcode in Widnes, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 34
- In use before 2020: 1,410
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,444 postcodes in Widnes that ONS places, 34 are new since 2020 and 1,410 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 53.3728, longitude -2.7398. 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
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WA8 2FT, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Widnes?
Homes sold for a typical £197,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 1,200 of the 1,379 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 435 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 115 of its 1,444 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 Widnes, 750 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 Widnes?
Homes in Widnes sold for a typical £197,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 559 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £355,500 140 sales
- Semi-detached £210,000 190 sales
- Terraced £150,000 198 sales
- Flat or maisonette £103,000 31 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WA8 district, Widnes's main postcode district: a typical £200,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Widnes: 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 Widnes?
34 of the 1,444 postcodes now in use in Widnes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 778 homes sold in Widnes were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA8 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 Widnes | Across the WA8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 559 (0%) | 4 of 596 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 2 of 778 (Under 1%) | 19 of 843 (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 Widnes?
Ofcom reports on 1,379 of the 1,444 postcodes in Widnes. At 1,200 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
Is Widnes at risk of flooding?
115 of the 1,444 postcodes in Widnes 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 435 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 Widnes?
The open schools at the postcodes in Widnes (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 Bede's Catholic Infant School650 m 223 pupils, 225 places
- St Bede's Catholic Junior School650 m 306 pupils, 300 places
- Ditton Primary School750 m 322 pupils, 420 places
- Chesnut Lodge Special School850 m
- Kingsway Primary Academy School900 m 214 pupils, 280 places
- Fairfield Primary School1.1 km 582 pupils, 620 places
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School1.4 km 236 pupils, 243 places
- Poppy Field School1.4 km 29 pupils, 40 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 Widnes?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Widnes is Widnes Rail Station, 750 m away in a straight line.
- Widnes Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
- Hough Green Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
- Runcorn Rail Station Railway station 3.8 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 Widnes?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Widnes, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Upton Rocks Primary Care Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 511 5730 950 mWalk
- Fir Park Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 423 2990 1.1 kmWalk
- Peelhouse Medical Plaza Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2015, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 424 6221 1.1 kmWalk
- Newtown Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 495 5110 1.2 kmCycle
- Oaks Place Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2024 · Phone 0151 495 5140 1.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Widnes safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,378 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Widnes 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
- 295 September 2025
- 286 October 2025
- 243 November 2025
- 274 December 2025
- 254 January 2026
- 273 February 2026
- 278 March 2026
- 275 April 2026
- 293 May 2026
- 315 June 2026
- 327 July 2026
- 265 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 91, burglary 67, possession of weapons 40, bicycle theft 33, robbery 28, theft from the person 7.
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 Widnes?
- Councils
- Halton (1,427), Knowsley (10), Warrington (6) and 1 other
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Widnes and Halewood (1,437), Warrington South (6) and St Helens South and Whiston (1)
- Police force areas
- Cheshire (1,433) and Merseyside (11)
- 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 Widnes
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Widnes 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 Widnes
- 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
Widnes postcodes
1,444 postcodes in use in Widnes, by district:
Those districts are all in the WA postcode area.
Check a Widnes 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 Widnes
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Widnes's £197,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Widnes
- What is it like to live in Widnes?
- Homes sold for a typical £197,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 1,200 of the 1,379 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 435 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 115 of its 1,444 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 Widnes, 750 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 Widnes?
- Widnes is covered by postcode districts WA5, WA8 and WA88, across 1,444 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Widnes?
- Homes in Widnes sold for a typical £197,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 559 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Widnes?
- In Widnes, primary schools at its postcodes include St Bede's Catholic Infant School, St Bede's Catholic Junior School and Ditton Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School, Wade Deacon High School and Chesnut Lodge Special School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Widnes have a railway station?
- Yes: Widnes is 750 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Widnes, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Widnes?
- Ofcom reports on 1,379 of the 1,444 postcodes in Widnes. At 1,200 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.
- Is Widnes at risk of flooding?
- 115 of the 1,444 postcodes in Widnes 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 435 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 Widnes?
- 34 of the 1,444 postcodes now in use in Widnes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 778 homes sold in Widnes were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA8 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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