Winsford
Winsford is covered by postcode districts CW7 and CW10. It is in the Cheshire West and Chester council area, England.
Every postcode in Winsford, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 1
- At low risk at worst: 3
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 791
Of the 797 postcodes in Winsford that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 791 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 53.1907, longitude -2.5270. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 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
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Winsford?
Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.1% on the 12 months before. At 717 of the 778 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 797 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Winsford, 2.2 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 Winsford?
Homes in Winsford sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 371 sales, up 7.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £196,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £210,000
▲ up 7.1% on the 12 months before
Across the whole CW7 district, Winsford's main postcode district: a typical £212,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Winsford: 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 Winsford?
56 of the 797 postcodes now in use in Winsford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 449 homes sold in Winsford were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW7 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 Winsford | Across the CW7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 371 (0%) | 0 of 379 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 5 of 449 (1%) | 9 of 465 (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 Winsford?
Ofcom reports on 778 of the 797 postcodes in Winsford. At 717 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 Winsford at risk of flooding?
6 of the 797 postcodes in Winsford 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 49 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 Winsford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Winsford (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
- Winsford High Street Community Primary School250 m 511 pupils, 525 places
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary School500 m 175 pupils, 210 places
- Grange Community Nursery and Primary School900 m 218 pupils, 210 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy950 m 326 pupils, 315 places
- Over St John's CofE Primary School1.0 km 135 pupils, 147 places
- Wharton CofE Primary School1.1 km 244 pupils, 420 places
- Darnhall Primary School1.2 km 440 pupils, 405 places
- Over Hall Community School1.2 km 158 pupils, 210 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 Winsford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Winsford is Winsford Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.
- Winsford Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
- Hartford Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
- Greenbank Rail Station Railway station 6.8 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Winsford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Winsford, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- High Street Practice Winsford250 m
- Swanlow Medical Centre250 m
- The Weaver Vale Surgery250 m
- Launceston Close Surgery1.3 km
- Willow Wood Surgery1.6 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Winsford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,319 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Winsford 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
- 201 September 2025
- 232 October 2025
- 189 November 2025
- 166 December 2025
- 188 January 2026
- 135 February 2026
- 165 March 2026
- 191 April 2026
- 228 May 2026
- 202 June 2026
- 210 July 2026
- 212 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 51, vehicle crime 37, possession of weapons 24, robbery 9, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 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 Winsford?
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid Cheshire
- Police force area
- Cheshire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Andrew Cooper (Labour)
All 797 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. 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 Winsford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- 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 GP practices in Winsford
- 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
Winsford postcodes
797 postcodes in use in Winsford, by district:
Those districts are all in the CW postcode area.
Check a Winsford 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 Winsford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Winsford's £210,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Winsford
- What is it like to live in Winsford?
- Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.1% on the 12 months before. At 717 of the 778 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 797 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Winsford, 2.2 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 Winsford?
- Winsford is covered by postcode districts CW7 and CW10, across 797 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Winsford in?
- Winsford is in the Cheshire West and Chester council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Winsford?
- Winsford is in the Mid Cheshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Andrew Cooper (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Winsford?
- Homes in Winsford sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 371 sales, up 7.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Winsford?
- In Winsford, primary schools at its postcodes include Winsford High Street Community Primary School, St. Chad's Church of England Primary School and Grange Community Nursery and Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Winsford Academy, Jefferson House and Oaklands School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Winsford have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Winsford is Winsford, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Winsford?
- Ofcom reports on 778 of the 797 postcodes in Winsford. At 717 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Winsford at risk of flooding?
- 6 of the 797 postcodes in Winsford 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 49 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 Winsford?
- 56 of the 797 postcodes now in use in Winsford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 449 homes sold in Winsford were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW7 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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