# WA8 4XU: area report for a postcode in Halton

WA8 4XU is a postcode in Halton.

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 Halton. Open the map at WA8 4XU for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton) › [WA8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa8) › [WA8 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa8-4)

## Around this postcode

- **33 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 23% on July. Halton 004E: 103 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **Hough Green, 450 m**: About 6 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 450 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **No property in WA8 4XU listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Halton 004E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **£194,727 average price**: For the whole of Halton, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 300 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WA8 4XU**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **Low road and rail noise at WA8 4XU**: Road 50 dB, rail 45 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **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=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU
- **13.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-upton-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school-e131217) | Primary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Basil's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-basils-catholic-primary-school-e111390) | Primary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ormiston Chadwick Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ormiston-chadwick-academy-e140864) | Secondary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 37.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michael-with-st-thomas-ce-primary-school-e147262) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Oakfield Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakfield-community-primary-school-e133322) | Primary | 920 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-of-perpetual-succour-catholic-primary-school-e133320) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ashley High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashley-high-school-e111515) | Special | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | – |
| [Chesnut Lodge Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chesnut-lodge-special-school-e111514) | Special | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2025 | £137,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| November 2025 | £186,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2025 | £130,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| December 2023 | £117,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| July 2023 | £120,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| August 2025 | £143,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| April 2026 | £103,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| February 2024 | £120,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Hough Green (450 m, 6 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: HOUGH GREEN HEALTH PARK (400 m)
- Pharmacies: HOUGH GREEN PHARMACY (400 m); NICHOLSON'S PHARMACY (880 m)
- Dental practices: 5 DANESCROFT [THE DENTAL PRACTICE] (340 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Widnes Bechers Road (300 m, Morrisons); Morrisons Daily Widnes (470 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £194,727** (July 2026). Halton’s average house price was £194,727 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,187** (2025). Full-time workers living in Halton earned a median of £35,187 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 70th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.5×** (2025). A home in Halton costs 5.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 59th 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.
- **Deprivation score: 31.1** (2025). Halton has a deprivation score of 31.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 31st most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Halton 004E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 47.5** (2025). Halton 004E has a deprivation score of 47.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,834th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £127,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Halton 004E was £127,000 in 2025. Joint 1,172nd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,463** (2021). Halton 004E had 1,463 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,216th least 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: 97.2%** (January 2026). In Halton 004E, 97.2% 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.

## WA8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WA8 was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 372nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 63,862** (2021). WA8 had 63,862 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 72nd 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: 82%** (2022). About 82% of people in WA8 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: 94.7%** (January 2026). In WA8, 94.7% 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: [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton)
- Centre: 53.3754, -2.7705

Council: [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Widnes and Halewood](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/widnes-and-halewood): Derek Twigg (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 risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 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)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (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=-2.7705,53.3754,WA84XU

## How to cite

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