WA3 5 postcode sector in the WA3 district

WA3 5 is a sector of the WA3 district: every postcode that starts WA3 5. It has 187 postcodes in use, 2 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the WA3 5 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the WA3 5 sector, by flood risk Of the 187 postcodes in the WA3 5 sector that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 160 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Culcheth, Glazebury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M62A580A574 WA3 5AA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AD: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AF: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AG: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AR: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AT: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5AZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BD: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BG: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BS: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5BZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DD: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DF: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DG: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DS: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DT: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DU: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5DY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5ED: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EF: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EG: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5ER: not on the flood risk listWA3 5ES: not on the flood risk listWA3 5ET: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EU: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5EZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5FQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5FR: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HR: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HS: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HT: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HU: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5HY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JD: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JR: not on the flood risk listWA3 5JW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LD: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LF: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LG: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LR: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LS: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LT: not on the flood risk listWA3 5LZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5NA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5NB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5ND: not on the flood risk listWA3 5NE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5NG: not on the flood risk listWA3 5NL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5NQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5NW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PD: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PS: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5PX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QF: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QT: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QU: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QX: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5QZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RB: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RD: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RE: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RF: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RG: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RQ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RS: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RT: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RU: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RW: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RY: not on the flood risk listWA3 5RZ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SA: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SH: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SJ: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SL: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SN: not on the flood risk listWA3 5SP: not on the flood risk listWA3 5NF: very low flood risk onlyWA3 5PG: very low flood risk onlyWA3 5PJ: very low flood risk onlyWA3 5PT: very low flood risk onlyWA3 5AU: low flood risk at worstWA3 5AX: low flood risk at worstWA3 5JH: low flood risk at worstWA3 5LA: low flood risk at worstWA3 5NP: low flood risk at worstWA3 5NS: low flood risk at worstWA3 5NT: low flood risk at worstWA3 5NX: low flood risk at worstWA3 5NY: low flood risk at worstWA3 5NZ: low flood risk at worstWA3 5PA: low flood risk at worstWA3 5QE: low flood risk at worstWA3 5QQ: low flood risk at worstWA3 5LY: medium flood risk at worstWA3 5NH: medium flood risk at worstWA3 5NJ: medium flood risk at worstWA3 5NN: medium flood risk at worstWA3 5NR: medium flood risk at worstWA3 5NU: medium flood risk at worstWA3 5QL: medium flood risk at worstWA3 5LH: high flood riskWA3 5LX: high flood riskWA3 5PY: high flood risk CulchethGlazebury 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to WA3 5LY, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in the WA3 5 sector, by flood risk Of the 187 postcodes in the WA3 5 sector that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 160 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Culcheth, Glazebury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M62A580 CulchethGlazebury
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 13
  • At very low risk only: 4
  • Not on the at-risk list: 160
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 187 postcodes in the WA3 5 sector that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 160 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 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.

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.

WA3 5LX18 at high riskWA3 5LH1 at high riskWA3 5PY1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WA3 5LY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What do homes sell for in WA3 5?

Homes in WA3 5 sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 67 sales, up 4.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£295,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£281,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 4.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £505,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £292,500 30 sales
  • Terraced £242,250 12 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £165,000 6 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start WA3 5. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Postcodes in WA3 5

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

WA3 5AAWA3 5ABWA3 5ADWA3 5AEWA3 5AFWA3 5AGWA3 5AHWA3 5AJWA3 5ALWA3 5ANWA3 5APWA3 5AQWA3 5ARWA3 5ATWA3 5AUWA3 5AWWA3 5AXWA3 5AYWA3 5AZWA3 5BAWA3 5BDWA3 5BEWA3 5BGWA3 5BHWA3 5BJWA3 5BLWA3 5BNWA3 5BPWA3 5BQWA3 5BSWA3 5BWWA3 5BZWA3 5DAWA3 5DDWA3 5DEWA3 5DFWA3 5DGWA3 5DHWA3 5DJWA3 5DLWA3 5DNWA3 5DPWA3 5DQWA3 5DSWA3 5DTWA3 5DUWA3 5DWWA3 5DXWA3 5DYWA3 5DZWA3 5EAWA3 5EBWA3 5EDWA3 5EEWA3 5EFWA3 5EGWA3 5EHWA3 5EJWA3 5ELWA3 5ENWA3 5EPWA3 5EQWA3 5ERWA3 5ESWA3 5ETWA3 5EUWA3 5EWWA3 5EXWA3 5EYWA3 5EZWA3 5FQWA3 5FRWA3 5FYWA3 5HAWA3 5HHWA3 5HPWA3 5HRWA3 5HSWA3 5HTWA3 5HUWA3 5HXWA3 5HYWA3 5HZWA3 5JAWA3 5JBWA3 5JDWA3 5JEWA3 5JHWA3 5JJWA3 5JLWA3 5JNWA3 5JQWA3 5JRWA3 5JSWA3 5JWWA3 5LAWA3 5LBWA3 5LDWA3 5LEWA3 5LFWA3 5LGWA3 5LHWA3 5LJWA3 5LLWA3 5LNWA3 5LQWA3 5LRWA3 5LSWA3 5LTWA3 5LWWA3 5LXWA3 5LYWA3 5LZWA3 5NAWA3 5NBWA3 5NDWA3 5NEWA3 5NFWA3 5NGWA3 5NHWA3 5NJWA3 5NLWA3 5NNWA3 5NPWA3 5NQWA3 5NRWA3 5NSWA3 5NTWA3 5NUWA3 5NWWA3 5NXWA3 5NYWA3 5NZWA3 5PAWA3 5PBWA3 5PDWA3 5PEWA3 5PGWA3 5PHWA3 5PJWA3 5PLWA3 5PNWA3 5PPWA3 5PSWA3 5PTWA3 5PWWA3 5PXWA3 5PYWA3 5QAWA3 5QBWA3 5QEWA3 5QFWA3 5QJWA3 5QLWA3 5QQWA3 5QTWA3 5QUWA3 5QXWA3 5QYWA3 5QZWA3 5RAWA3 5RBWA3 5RDWA3 5REWA3 5RFWA3 5RGWA3 5RHWA3 5RJWA3 5RLWA3 5RNWA3 5RPWA3 5RQWA3 5RRWA3 5RSWA3 5RTWA3 5RUWA3 5RWWA3 5RXWA3 5RYWA3 5RZWA3 5SAWA3 5SHWA3 5SJWA3 5SLWA3 5SNWA3 5SPWA3 5SW

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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