# CH4 8LW: area report for a postcode in Flintshire

CH4 8LW is a postcode in Flintshire.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Flintshire. Open the map at CH4 8LW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) › [CH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch4) › [CH4 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch4-8)

## Around this postcode

- **10 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 17% on July. Flintshire 015E: 58 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **Chester, 4.2 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 720 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **Outside flood zones**: Nearest zone is 20 m east. (Outline) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-zones?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **Wales’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Flintshire 015E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-wales?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **£215,892 average price**: For the whole of Flintshire, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 890 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CH4 8LW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW
- **10.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Anthony's Catholic Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-anthonys-catholic-primary-w6643311) | Primary | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [Wood Memorial Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wood-memorial-primary-school-w6642040) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [St Clare's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-clares-catholic-primary-school-e111311) | Primary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lache Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lache-primary-school-e150470) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024, before the school changed | – |
| [St. David's High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-davids-high-school-w6644013) | Secondary | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [Kings Moat Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-moat-community-primary-school-e152474) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Saltney Ferry CP](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saltney-ferry-cp-w6642078) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [Belgrave Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/belgrave-primary-school-e148455) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2025 | £171,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| November 2025 | £170,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| October 2024 | £170,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2023 | £155,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| July 2024 | £115,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2025 | £202,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| May 2024 | £275,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| December 2024 | £139,888 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: LACHE HEALTH CENTRE (890 m)
- Pharmacies: MORRISONS PHARMACY (870 m)
- Dental practices: ST DAVID'S TERRACE (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Saltney Chester (750 m, Morrisons); Morrisons Daily Chester Clivedon Road (780 m, Morrisons); Farmfoods Saltney Chester (790 m, Farmfoods)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £215,892** (July 2026). Flintshire’s average house price was £215,892 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,505** (2025). Full-time workers living in Flintshire earned a median of £37,505 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 142nd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Flintshire costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Population estimate: 155,954** (2025). Flintshire’s population was an estimated 155,954 in mid-2025 (ONS population estimates). No change in a year. Source: Mid-year population estimates, 2025. Published 1 October 2026.

## Flintshire 015E (Neighbourhood)

- **Median sale price: £182,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Flintshire 015E was £182,500 in 2025. Joint 4,964th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,073** (2021). Flintshire 015E had 2,073 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,259th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.0%** (January 2026). In Flintshire 015E, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 3.7%** (August 2026). In Flintshire 015E, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## CH4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £260,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CH4 was £260,000 in 2025. Joint 829th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 34,546** (2021). CH4 had 34,546 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 675th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 37%** (2022). About 37% of people in CH4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.9%** (January 2026). In CH4, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire)
- Centre: 53.1721, -2.9274

Council: [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) (Welsh council, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Alyn and Deeside](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/alyn-and-deeside): Sir Mark Tami (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood zones](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-zones) (Outline)
- [Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-wales), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.9274,53.1721,CH48LW

## How to cite

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