Willaston, Cheshire East

Willaston, Cheshire East is covered by postcode district CW5. It is in the Cheshire East council area, England.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Willaston (Cheshire East).

Typical price £289,250 Homes sold in Willaston, Cheshire East, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 63 of 88 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Willaston, Cheshire East, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Willaston, Cheshire East, by flood risk Of the 88 postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East that ONS places, 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Willaston, Cheshire East. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A51A500A534 CW5 6EN: not on the flood risk listCW5 6EQ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6GS: not on the flood risk listCW5 6LG: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NA: not on the flood risk listCW5 6ND: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NJ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NL: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NP: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NR: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NS: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NT: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NX: not on the flood risk listCW5 6NY: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PL: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PN: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PP: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PR: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PS: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PT: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PU: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PW: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PX: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PY: not on the flood risk listCW5 6PZ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QA: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QD: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QE: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QF: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QG: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QJ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QL: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QN: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QP: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QQ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QR: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QU: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QW: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QX: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QY: not on the flood risk listCW5 6QZ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RA: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RB: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RH: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RJ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RL: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RN: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RP: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RQ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RR: not on the flood risk listCW5 6RW: not on the flood risk listCW5 6SQ: not on the flood risk listCW5 6SR: not on the flood risk listCW5 6SS: not on the flood risk listCW5 6ST: not on the flood risk listCW5 6SU: not on the flood risk listCW5 6SX: not on the flood risk listCW5 6SY: not on the flood risk listCW5 7BQ: not on the flood risk listCW5 7EH: not on the flood risk listCW5 7EL: not on the flood risk listCW5 7EN: not on the flood risk listCW5 7ER: not on the flood risk listCW5 7EW: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HJ: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HL: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HN: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HP: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HQ: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HS: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HT: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HX: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HY: not on the flood risk listCW5 7HZ: not on the flood risk listCW5 7JA: not on the flood risk listCW5 7JB: not on the flood risk listCW5 7JE: not on the flood risk listCW5 7JF: not on the flood risk listCW5 7SR: not on the flood risk listCW5 7TD: not on the flood risk listCW5 7TG: not on the flood risk listCW5 7TH: not on the flood risk listCW5 7TJ: not on the flood risk listCW5 7TL: not on the flood risk listCW5 7TN: not on the flood risk listCW5 7TQ: not on the flood risk listCW5 7TR: not on the flood risk list Willaston, Cheshire East Map of every postcode in Willaston, Cheshire East, by flood risk Of the 88 postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East that ONS places, 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Willaston, Cheshire East. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A51A500 Willaston, Cheshire East
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 88

Of the 88 postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East that ONS places, 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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 53.0684, longitude -2.4814. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

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.

CW5 6NU

What is it like to live in Willaston, Cheshire East?

Homes sold for a typical £289,250 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 63 of the 88 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 88 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 Rope Green Medical Centre, 1.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Nantwich, 2.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Willaston, Cheshire East?

Homes in Willaston, Cheshire East sold for a typical £289,250 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 52 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £274,500 from 80 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£289,250 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£274,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £425,000 21 sales
  • Semi-detached £255,000 27 sales
  • Terraced 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CW5 district, Willaston, Cheshire East's main postcode district: a typical £295,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Willaston, Cheshire East: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Willaston, Cheshire East?

6 of the 88 postcodes now in use in Willaston, Cheshire East came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 80 homes sold in Willaston, Cheshire East were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW5 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

CW5 6SSsince November 2021CW5 6STsince May 2021CW5 7TRsince November 2020CW5 6SUsince October 2020CW5 6SXsince September 2020CW5 6SYsince January 2020

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

PeriodIn Willaston, Cheshire EastAcross the CW5 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 52 (0%) 8 of 494 (2%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 80 (0%) 89 of 723 (12%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Willaston, Cheshire East?

Ofcom reports on 88 of the 88 postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit63 of 88
Postcodes where every home can get superfast83 of 88

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.

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Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Willaston, Cheshire East at risk of flooding?

None of the 88 postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Willaston, Cheshire East?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Willaston, Cheshire East?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East is Nantwich Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Nantwich Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Crewe Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • Wrenbury Rail Station Railway station 9.4 kmDrive

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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Willaston, Cheshire East?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East. 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.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Willaston, Cheshire East safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 252 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East 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

  1. 19 September 2025
  2. 19 October 2025
  3. 22 November 2025
  4. 10 December 2025
  5. 34 January 2026
  6. 31 February 2026
  7. 19 March 2026
  8. 15 April 2026
  9. 22 May 2026
  10. 26 June 2026
  11. 19 July 2026
  12. 16 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences126 reports
Anti-social behaviour34 reports
Public order22 reports
Criminal damage and arson22 reports
Other theft14 reports
Burglary7 reports
Shoplifting7 reports
Drugs6 reports

Also: possession of weapons 5, other crime 5, vehicle crime 4.

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 postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Willaston, Cheshire East?

Parliamentary constituency
Crewe and Nantwich
Police force area
Cheshire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Connor Naismith (Labour)

All 88 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

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Willaston, Cheshire East postcodes

88 postcodes in use in Willaston, Cheshire East, by district:

CW5 postcode district,88 postcodes

That district is in the CW postcode area.

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Places near Willaston, Cheshire East

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Willaston, Cheshire East's £289,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Shavington2.3 km, £252,500Nantwich2.6 km, £267,500Crewe3.8 km, £192,000Haslington6.7 km, £272,000Audlem8.9 km, £310,000Wheelock9.8 km, £280,000Elworth10.5 km, £260,000Sandbach11.6 km, £267,500 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Willaston, Cheshire East

What is the postcode for Willaston, Cheshire East?
Postcode district CW5, with 88 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Willaston, Cheshire East in?
Cheshire East. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Willaston, Cheshire East?
Connor Naismith (Labour), for Crewe and Nantwich. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Willaston, Cheshire East?
A typical £289,250 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 52 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Willaston, Cheshire East?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Willaston Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Shavington Academy, 1.6 km away. Source: Department for Education.
Does Willaston, Cheshire East have a railway station?
The nearest is Nantwich station, 2.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Willaston, Cheshire East?
Ofcom reports on 88 of the 88 postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Willaston, Cheshire East at risk of flooding?
None of the 88 postcodes in Willaston, Cheshire East 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. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Willaston, Cheshire East?
6 of the 88 postcodes now in use in Willaston, Cheshire East came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 80 homes sold in Willaston, Cheshire East were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW5 district, 12%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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